Northwood

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 932 people were counted in Northwood: of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Northwood there were 188 children aged 0-14 years and 253 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Northwood, 824 people were Australian citizens, 184 were born overseas and 12 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Northwood, 63.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 5.5% were separated or divorced, 6.2% were widowed and 25.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Northwood, 72.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Northwood were England 4.8%, New Zealand 1.9%, Scotland 1.1%, Indonesia 0.8% and Singapore 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Northwood on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 28.9%, Catholic 25.6%, No Religion 17.1%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Northwood, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.8%, Mandarin 1.2%, Cantonese 1.0%, Polish 0.6% and French 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 467 people aged 15 years and over in Northwood were in the labour force. Of these 61.5% worked full-time, 33.8% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 2.6% were unemployed. 223 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Northwood, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 23.0%, Managers and Administrators 12.9%, Associate Professionals 8.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.2%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 1.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.2% and Labourers and Related Workers 0.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Northwood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 14.5%, Health Services 5.7%, Education 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2% and Finance 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Northwood, 253 families were counted: of these, 34.0% were couple families without children, 59.3% were couple families with children, 6.7% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Northwood, 310 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Northwood, 94.2% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Northwood, 61.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.9% were being purchased and 8.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Northwood, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 56.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 28.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Northwood, 82.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 10.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.