Plantagenet (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,318 people were counted in Plantagenet (S): of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Of the total population 3.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Plantagenet (S) there were 999 children aged 0-14 years and 1,013 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Plantagenet (S), 3,851 people were Australian citizens, 703 were born overseas and 13 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Plantagenet (S), 57.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.0% were separated or divorced, 5.3% were widowed and 27.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Plantagenet (S), 79.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Plantagenet (S) were England 7.5%, Scotland 1.7%, New Zealand 1.3%, Germany 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Plantagenet (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 27.6%, No Religion 21.8%, Catholic 10.4%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Baptist 4.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Plantagenet (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.8%, Romanian 0.6%, Italian 0.3%, Polish 0.2% and Icelandic 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,986 people aged 15 years and over in Plantagenet (S) were in the labour force. Of these 60.2% worked full-time, 30.6% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.5% were unemployed. 1,225 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Plantagenet (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 16.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 11.2%, Professionals 5.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.0%, Associate Professionals 4.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Plantagenet (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 19.9%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 4.0%, Education 4.0%, Health Services 2.5% and Government Administration 2.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Plantagenet (S), 1,194 families were counted: of these, 44.9% were couple families without children, 41.8% were couple families with children, 12.3% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Plantagenet (S), 1,622 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Plantagenet (S), 95.6% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Plantagenet (S), 47.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.5% were being purchased and 20.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Plantagenet (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 26.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 14.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 60.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Plantagenet (S), 72.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.1% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.