Knox (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 141,408 people were counted in Knox (C): of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Knox (C) there were 32,142 children aged 0-14 years and 24,322 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Knox (C), 126,230 people were Australian citizens, 34,862 were born overseas and 504 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Knox (C), 55.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.8% were separated or divorced, 5.0% were widowed and 29.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Knox (C), 71.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Knox (C) were England 5.3%, Malaysia 1.3%, New Zealand 1.2%, Sri Lanka 1.1% and Germany 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Knox (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.3%, No Religion 19.9%, Anglican 15.7%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Knox (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 2.3%, Italian 1.7%, Greek 1.4%, German 1.0% and Mandarin 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 80.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 74,371 people aged 15 years and over in Knox (C) were in the labour force. Of these 62.5% worked full-time, 29.8% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.1% were unemployed. 32,072 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Knox (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.0%, Professionals 9.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.6%, Associate Professionals 7.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Knox (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.7%, Food Retailing 4.1%, Health Services 3.6% and Construction Trade Services 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Knox (C), 38,709 families were counted: of these, 28.5% were couple families without children, 56.3% were couple families with children, 13.9% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Knox (C), 48,266 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Knox (C), 89.2% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Knox (C), 40.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.8% were being purchased and 13.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Knox (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 50.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 13.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Knox (C), 79.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.