Penrith

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 11,563 people were counted in Penrith: of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Of the total population 2.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Penrith there were 2,116 children aged 0-14 years and 2,894 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Penrith, 9,720 people were Australian citizens, 2,394 were born overseas and 57 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Penrith, 39.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.9% were separated or divorced, 9.8% were widowed and 35.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Penrith, 71.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Penrith were England 5.7%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 1.0%, Philippines 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Penrith on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.6%, Anglican 27.8%, No Religion 11.8%, Presbyterian & Reformed 4.1% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Penrith, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 0.7%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.7%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.6%, Spanish 0.5% and German 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,129 people aged 15 years and over in Penrith were in the labour force. Of these 62.3% worked full-time, 25.8% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.2% were unemployed. 3,694 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Penrith, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.8%, Professionals 6.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.8%, Associate Professionals 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.5%, Managers and Administrators 2.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Penrith, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7%, Health Services 3.3%, Education 3.2% and Food Retailing 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Penrith, 2,797 families were counted: of these, 36.5% were couple families without children, 36.2% were couple families with children, 24.1% were one parent families and 3.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Penrith, 4,950 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Penrith, 52.0% were separate houses, 20.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Penrith, 26.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.0% were being purchased and 46.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Penrith, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 55.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 24.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 19.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Penrith, 55.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 33.9% were single (or lone) person households and 5.0% were group households.