Dural

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,789 people were counted in Dural: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Dural there were 892 children aged 0-14 years and 790 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Dural, 3,317 people were Australian citizens, 1,117 were born overseas and 31 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Dural, 59.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.2% were separated or divorced, 5.7% were widowed and 25.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Dural, 67.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Dural were England 5.4%, New Zealand 2.4%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.2%, South Africa 1.9% and Malaysia 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Dural on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 30.1%, Anglican 24.9%, No Religion 10.0%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Baptist 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Dural, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 4.1%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 2.0%, Italian 1.7%, Mandarin 1.2% and Persian 1.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 78.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,965 people aged 15 years and over in Dural were in the labour force. Of these 63.2% worked full-time, 30.9% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.4% were unemployed. 838 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Dural, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 16.6%, Managers and Administrators 9.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.5%, Associate Professionals 8.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.6%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.7% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Dural, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.8%, Education 5.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.0%, Health Services 4.6% and Food Retailing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Dural, 1,012 families were counted: of these, 29.4% were couple families without children, 59.1% were couple families with children, 10.4% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Dural, 1,306 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Dural, 69.8% were separate houses, 13.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.5% were flats, units or apartments and 5.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Dural, 49.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 29.9% were being purchased and 14.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Dural, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Dural, 76.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.8% were group households.