Playford (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 66,758 people were counted in Playford (C): of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Of the total population 2.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) there were 16,871 children aged 0-14 years and 13,023 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C), 58,006 people were Australian citizens, 16,948 were born overseas and 170 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C), 48.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.8% were separated or divorced, 5.8% were widowed and 32.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C), 69.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Playford (C) were England 14.3%, Scotland 2.2%, Italy 0.9%, Germany 0.8% and Viet Nam 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Playford (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 27.3%, Anglican 18.5%, Catholic 17.1%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Lutheran 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.5%, Vietnamese 1.1%, Greek 0.7%, German 0.4% and Spanish 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 26,342 people aged 15 years and over in Playford (C) were in the labour force. Of these 51.1% worked full-time, 32.0% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 14.1% were unemployed. 22,169 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.9%, Associate Professionals 3.8%, Professionals 3.6%, Managers and Administrators 2.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Playford (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.7%, Food Retailing 3.1%, Business Services 2.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.7% and Health Services 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C), 18,316 families were counted: of these, 31.8% were couple families without children, 44.3% were couple families with children, 22.4% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C), 24,805 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Playford (C), 74.1% were separate houses, 21.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C), 25.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 37.3% were being purchased and 32.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 17.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 55.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 26.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C), 73.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.