Litchfield (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 15,895 people were counted in Litchfield (S): of these 55.3% were male and 44.7% were female. Of the total population 5.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Litchfield (S) there were 3,577 children aged 0-14 years and 2,541 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Litchfield (S), 14,263 people were Australian citizens, 2,410 were born overseas and 191 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Litchfield (S), 48.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.7% were separated or divorced, 2.6% were widowed and 36.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Litchfield (S), 77.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Litchfield (S) were England 4.8%, New Zealand 2.2%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.7% and Viet Nam 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Litchfield (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 25.8%, Catholic 21.2%, Anglican 17.4%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Litchfield (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 0.9%, Greek 0.5%, German 0.4%, Italian 0.3% and Thai 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 8,371 people aged 15 years and over in Litchfield (S) were in the labour force. Of these 64.7% worked full-time, 26.4% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.2% were unemployed. 3,255 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Litchfield (S), the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 13.8%, Associate Professionals 8.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.4%, Professionals 7.0%, Managers and Administrators 7.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Litchfield (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 8.2%, Education 4.1%, Government Administration 4.0%, Business Services 4.0% and Construction Trade Services 3.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Litchfield (S), 3,623 families were counted: of these, 35.5% were couple families without children, 50.9% were couple families with children, 12.6% 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 Litchfield (S), 5,538 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Litchfield (S), 78.4% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 18.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Litchfield (S), 33.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 38.6% were being purchased and 13.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Litchfield (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 19.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 77.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Litchfield (S), 64.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.