Monash (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 155,061 people were counted in Monash (C): of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Monash (C) there were 25,080 children aged 0-14 years and 40,956 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Monash (C), 130,951 people were Australian citizens, 56,122 were born overseas and 1,837 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Monash (C), 54.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.5% were separated or divorced, 6.4% were widowed and 32.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Monash (C), 59.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Monash (C) were Greece 3.4%, England 3.1%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 3.0%, Malaysia 2.4% and Italy 2.3%.

Of all people counted in Monash (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.6%, No Religion 15.6%, Anglican 12.4%, Orthodox 9.3% and Uniting Church 6.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Monash (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 7.6%, Cantonese 4.1%, Italian 3.5%, Mandarin 3.5% and Vietnamese 1.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 62.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 78,092 people aged 15 years and over in Monash (C) were in the labour force. Of these 60.7% worked full-time, 30.5% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.0% were unemployed. 47,224 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Monash (C), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 13.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.7%, Associate Professionals 6.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.6%, Managers and Administrators 4.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Monash (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.3%, Education 4.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0%, Health Services 3.8% and Food Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Monash (C), 43,127 families were counted: of these, 35.5% were couple families without children, 49.2% were couple families with children, 12.7% were one parent families and 2.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Monash (C), 56,880 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Monash (C), 83.9% were separate houses, 7.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Monash (C), 52.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.3% were being purchased and 19.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Monash (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 57.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Monash (C), 74.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.8% were single (or lone) person households and 4.0% were group households.