Burwood

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 11,130 people were counted in Burwood: of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood there were 1,668 children aged 0-14 years and 2,527 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood, 7,802 people were Australian citizens, 6,172 were born overseas and 328 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood, 45.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.7% were separated or divorced, 6.4% were widowed and 39.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood, 37.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Burwood were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 12.5%, Korea, Republic of (South) 6.5%, Italy 3.1%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.8% and Viet Nam 2.4%.

Of all people counted in Burwood on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 30.6%, No Religion 16.9%, Buddhism 8.8%, Anglican 7.5% and Orthodox 6.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 11.3%, Mandarin 9.7%, Korean 6.7%, Italian 4.7% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 4.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 34.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,099 people aged 15 years and over in Burwood were in the labour force. Of these 62.3% worked full-time, 25.5% worked part-time, 3.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.6% were unemployed. 3,773 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 13.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Associate Professionals 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.7%, Managers and Administrators 3.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Burwood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.4%, Health Services 4.1%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.8%, Education 3.4% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood, 2,634 families were counted: of these, 31.2% were couple families without children, 47.5% were couple families with children, 16.1% were one parent families and 5.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood, 4,242 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Burwood, 40.6% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 49.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood, 37.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 10.1% were being purchased and 42.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 62.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 27.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood, 60.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.6% were single (or lone) person households and 7.8% were group households.