Miriam Vale (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,813 people were counted in Miriam Vale (S): of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Of the total population 2.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Miriam Vale (S) there were 992 children aged 0-14 years and 1,343 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Miriam Vale (S), 4,259 people were Australian citizens, 593 were born overseas and 101 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Miriam Vale (S), 58.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.6% were separated or divorced, 4.7% were widowed and 22.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Miriam Vale (S), 79.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Miriam Vale (S) were England 4.2%, New Zealand 2.7%, Germany 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and Philippines 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Miriam Vale (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.5%, No Religion 19.2%, Catholic 14.5%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Miriam Vale (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Czech 0.2% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,852 people aged 15 years and over in Miriam Vale (S) were in the labour force. Of these 48.6% worked full-time, 32.9% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 15.6% were unemployed. 1,714 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Miriam Vale (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 6.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.0%, Associate Professionals 4.3%, Professionals 3.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Miriam Vale (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 5.6%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.5%, Education 2.9%, Construction Trade Services 2.4% and Business Services 1.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Miriam Vale (S), 1,191 families were counted: of these, 46.1% were couple families without children, 40.6% were couple families with children, 12.7% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Miriam Vale (S), 1,969 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Miriam Vale (S), 78.9% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 18.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Miriam Vale (S), 50.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.1% were being purchased and 14.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Miriam Vale (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 31.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 67.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Miriam Vale (S), 60.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.