Wyndham (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 84,861 people were counted in Wyndham (C): of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham (C) there were 21,763 children aged 0-14 years and 11,077 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham (C), 74,836 people were Australian citizens, 19,176 were born overseas and 315 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham (C), 54.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.2% were separated or divorced, 4.0% were widowed and 30.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham (C), 72.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wyndham (C) were England 3.9%, Italy 2.3%, New Zealand 1.5%, Philippines 1.4% and Malta 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Wyndham (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 36.9%, No Religion 15.6%, Anglican 14.5%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Orthodox 3.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 4.0%, Tagalog (Filipino) 1.3%, Maltese 1.2%, Spanish 1.0% and Macedonian 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 77.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 41,751 people aged 15 years and over in Wyndham (C) were in the labour force. Of these 62.8% worked full-time, 27.9% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.5% were unemployed. 19,302 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.0%, Professionals 7.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.4%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 4.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wyndham (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6%, Food Retailing 3.4%, Education 3.1% and Health Services 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham (C), 22,716 families were counted: of these, 25.9% were couple families without children, 57.2% were couple families with children, 15.5% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham (C), 27,808 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wyndham (C), 90.4% were separate houses, 2.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham (C), 35.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 41.6% were being purchased and 16.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 50.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 12.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham (C), 80.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.