Burnie (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 18,108 people were counted in Burnie (C): of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 4.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnie (C) there were 4,060 children aged 0-14 years and 4,146 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnie (C), 16,819 people were Australian citizens, 1,375 were born overseas and 37 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnie (C), 51.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.3% were separated or divorced, 7.2% were widowed and 28.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Burnie (C), 86.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Burnie (C) were England 2.7%, Scotland 0.6%, New Zealand 0.6%, Netherlands 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Burnie (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.2%, No Religion 17.8%, Catholic 17.7%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Baptist 3.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnie (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Greek 0.1%, Bosnian 0.1% and Cantonese 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 7,678 people aged 15 years and over in Burnie (C) were in the labour force. Of these 52.4% worked full-time, 31.8% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.3% were unemployed. 5,800 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnie (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.1%, Professionals 6.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.6%, Associate Professionals 5.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.6%, Managers and Administrators 3.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Burnie (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 4.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.4%, Education 3.3%, Food Retailing 3.3% and Business Services 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Burnie (C), 4,972 families were counted: of these, 38.8% were couple families without children, 42.9% were couple families with children, 17.4% 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 Burnie (C), 7,354 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Burnie (C), 85.5% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnie (C), 41.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.0% were being purchased and 26.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnie (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 26.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 37.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Burnie (C), 67.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.2% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.