Swan Hill (RC)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 20,637 people were counted in Swan Hill (RC): of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Of the total population 4.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Swan Hill (RC) there were 4,919 children aged 0-14 years and 4,857 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Swan Hill (RC), 18,947 people were Australian citizens, 1,765 were born overseas and 73 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Swan Hill (RC), 55.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.1% were separated or divorced, 7.6% were widowed and 27.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Swan Hill (RC), 85.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Swan Hill (RC) were Italy 1.9%, England 1.2%, Tonga 1.0%, New Zealand 0.9% and Viet Nam 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Swan Hill (RC) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.7%, Anglican 18.1%, No Religion 15.4%, Uniting Church 13.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Swan Hill (RC), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 3.8%, Tongan 1.4%, Greek 0.6%, Vietnamese 0.6% and African Languages (excl. North Africa), nec (incl. Bemba, Fante, Malagasy) 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 9,446 people aged 15 years and over in Swan Hill (RC) were in the labour force. Of these 63.2% worked full-time, 27.4% worked part-time, 4.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.3% were unemployed. 5,551 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Swan Hill (RC), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 11.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 8.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Professionals 6.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.5%, Associate Professionals 5.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Swan Hill (RC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 14.0%, Education 3.6%, Health Services 3.6%, Food Retailing 3.0% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Swan Hill (RC), 5,339 families were counted: of these, 38.0% were couple families without children, 47.4% were couple families with children, 13.4% 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 Swan Hill (RC), 7,670 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Swan Hill (RC), 86.5% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.2% were flats, units or apartments and 4.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Swan Hill (RC), 44.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.0% were being purchased and 25.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Swan Hill (RC), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 31.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 21.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 44.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Swan Hill (RC), 69.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.