Eastwood

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 14,084 people were counted in Eastwood: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Eastwood there were 2,869 children aged 0-14 years and 2,979 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Eastwood, 11,461 people were Australian citizens, 5,900 were born overseas and 248 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Eastwood, 55.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.7% were separated or divorced, 6.1% were widowed and 31.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Eastwood, 54.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Eastwood were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 6.9%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 6.0%, Korea, Republic of (South) 5.6%, Sri Lanka 2.6% and India 2.4%.

Of all people counted in Eastwood on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.9%, No Religion 16.1%, Anglican 14.4%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Buddhism 5.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Eastwood, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 12.5%, Korean 6.5%, Mandarin 5.5%, Italian 2.1% and Tamil 1.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 56% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,745 people aged 15 years and over in Eastwood were in the labour force. Of these 61.7% worked full-time, 30.2% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.5% were unemployed. 4,135 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Eastwood, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 18.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.2%, Associate Professionals 6.7%, Managers and Administrators 5.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Eastwood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 9.1%, Education 5.1%, Health Services 5.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7% and Food Retailing 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Eastwood, 3,795 families were counted: of these, 27.4% were couple families without children, 56.2% were couple families with children, 13.8% were one parent families and 2.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Eastwood, 5,103 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Eastwood, 64.4% were separate houses, 10.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Eastwood, 46.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.0% were being purchased and 28.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Eastwood, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 65.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 24.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Eastwood, 72.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.0% were single (or lone) person households and 3.9% were group households.