Liberty Grove

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,368 people were counted in Liberty Grove: of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Liberty Grove there were 247 children aged 0-14 years and 118 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Liberty Grove, 1,003 people were Australian citizens, 665 were born overseas and 36 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Liberty Grove, 50.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.5% were separated or divorced, 2.1% were widowed and 38.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Liberty Grove, 47.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Liberty Grove were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 8.9%, Korea, Republic of (South) 4.4%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.8%, England 3.7% and New Zealand 3.1%.

Of all people counted in Liberty Grove on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.6%, No Religion 20.1%, Anglican 12.1%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Buddhism 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Liberty Grove, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 9.3%, Mandarin 7.9%, Korean 4.4%, Italian 2.6% and Tagalog (Filipino) 2.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 53.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 863 people aged 15 years and over in Liberty Grove were in the labour force. Of these 77.2% worked full-time, 16.9% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.8% were unemployed. 222 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Liberty Grove, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 24.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.1%, Managers and Administrators 10.2%, Associate Professionals 10.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.8%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 4.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.1% and Labourers and Related Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Liberty Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 13.4%, Health Services 4.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.6%, Education 4.5% and Finance 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Liberty Grove, 400 families were counted: of these, 39.3% were couple families without children, 43.0% were couple families with children, 14.8% were one parent families and 3.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Liberty Grove, 535 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Liberty Grove, 10.5% were separate houses, 46.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 43.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Liberty Grove, 22.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.4% were being purchased and 31.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Liberty Grove, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 78.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 20.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Liberty Grove, 72.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.6% were single (or lone) person households and 7.7% were group households.