Hurstville

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 20,371 people were counted in Hurstville: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville there were 3,794 children aged 0-14 years and 4,106 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville, 14,846 people were Australian citizens, 10,503 were born overseas and 375 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville, 52.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.0% were separated or divorced, 5.6% were widowed and 33.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville, 40.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hurstville were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 16.3%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 6.4%, New Zealand 2.7%, Greece 2.1% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.9%.

Of all people counted in Hurstville on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 21.0%, No Religion 20.2%, Orthodox 10.3%, Anglican 9.8% and Buddhism 6.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 18.1%, Mandarin 10.6%, Greek 5.5%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 4.7% and Macedonian 3.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 33.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 9,269 people aged 15 years and over in Hurstville were in the labour force. Of these 64.3% worked full-time, 24.8% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.8% were unemployed. 6,094 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 10.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.4%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hurstville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.6%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.4%, Health Services 3.0% and Food Retailing 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville, 5,248 families were counted: of these, 29.9% were couple families without children, 50.5% were couple families with children, 15.9% were one parent families and 3.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville, 7,434 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hurstville, 44.4% were separate houses, 8.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 46.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville, 38.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 15.7% were being purchased and 34.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 70.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 21.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville, 67.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.3% were single (or lone) person households and 5.2% were group households.