Palmerston (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 20,723 people were counted in Palmerston (C): of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Of the total population 11.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Palmerston (C) there were 6,387 children aged 0-14 years and 1,643 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Palmerston (C), 18,361 people were Australian citizens, 2,894 were born overseas and 65 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Palmerston (C), 46.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.3% were separated or divorced, 2.4% were widowed and 37.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Palmerston (C), 78.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Palmerston (C) were England 3.3%, New Zealand 2.1%, Philippines 1.2%, Viet Nam 0.6% and Papua New Guinea 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Palmerston (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.4%, No Religion 23.0%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Palmerston (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 1.1%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.9%, Vietnamese 0.8%, Indonesian 0.4% and Thai 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 10,103 people aged 15 years and over in Palmerston (C) were in the labour force. Of these 65.8% worked full-time, 24.7% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.1% were unemployed. 3,321 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Palmerston (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.7%, Associate Professionals 9.5%, Professionals 8.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.0%, Managers and Administrators 4.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Palmerston (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 6.3%, Business Services 5.1%, Government Administration 4.5%, Education 4.3% and Food Retailing 4.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Palmerston (C), 5,380 families were counted: of these, 28.2% were couple families without children, 51.2% were couple families with children, 19.4% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Palmerston (C), 7,113 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Palmerston (C), 74.1% were separate houses, 8.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Palmerston (C), 7.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.9% were being purchased and 43.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Palmerston (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 27.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 35.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Palmerston (C), 74.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.5% were single (or lone) person households and 3.9% were group households.