Kwinana (T)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 20,765 people were counted in Kwinana (T): of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Of the total population 3.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kwinana (T) there were 5,238 children aged 0-14 years and 3,676 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kwinana (T), 17,208 people were Australian citizens, 5,833 were born overseas and 47 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kwinana (T), 47.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.1% were separated or divorced, 4.6% were widowed and 33.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kwinana (T), 66.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kwinana (T) were England 14.1%, New Zealand 2.7%, Scotland 2.1%, Netherlands 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Kwinana (T) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 25.2%, Anglican 23.5%, Catholic 19.1%, Uniting Church 3.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kwinana (T), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.7%, Spanish 0.5%, German 0.4%, Portuguese 0.3% and Netherlandic 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 8,518 people aged 15 years and over in Kwinana (T) were in the labour force. Of these 54.5% worked full-time, 29.8% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 12.7% were unemployed. 6,535 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kwinana (T), the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.3%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Professionals 3.6%, Managers and Administrators 2.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kwinana (T), the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 3.7%, Business Services 3.7%, Construction Trade Services 2.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.7% and Metal Product Manufacturing 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kwinana (T), 5,488 families were counted: of these, 33.2% were couple families without children, 45.4% were couple families with children, 20.2% 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 Kwinana (T), 7,473 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kwinana (T), 89.3% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kwinana (T), 27.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 46.3% were being purchased and 20.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kwinana (T), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 31.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 29.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kwinana (T), 72.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.