Birchgrove

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,869 people were counted in Birchgrove: of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Birchgrove there were 432 children aged 0-14 years and 502 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Birchgrove, 2,485 people were Australian citizens, 777 were born overseas and 46 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Birchgrove, 39.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.6% were separated or divorced, 3.3% were widowed and 42.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Birchgrove, 69.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Birchgrove were England 9.0%, New Zealand 3.9%, United States of America 1.1%, Ireland 1.1% and Scotland 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Birchgrove on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 31.4%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 20.7%, Uniting Church 2.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Birchgrove, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.2%, French 1.1%, Greek 0.8%, Cantonese 0.6% and German 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,889 people aged 15 years and over in Birchgrove were in the labour force. Of these 71.3% worked full-time, 24.7% worked part-time, 1.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 2.8% were unemployed. 492 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Birchgrove, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 31.9%, Managers and Administrators 12.4%, Associate Professionals 10.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.0%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.3% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Birchgrove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 18.0%, Education 6.7%, Health Services 6.6%, Government Administration 3.4% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Birchgrove, 786 families were counted: of these, 45.5% were couple families without children, 39.4% were couple families with children, 13.4% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Birchgrove, 1,293 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Birchgrove, 36.7% were separate houses, 40.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Birchgrove, 37.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.5% were being purchased and 36.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Birchgrove, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 56.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Birchgrove, 60.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.4% were single (or lone) person households and 8.0% were group households.