St Helens Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,755 people were counted in St Helens Park: of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Of the total population 1.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens Park there were 1,843 children aged 0-14 years and 388 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens Park, 4,984 people were Australian citizens, 1,196 were born overseas and 11 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens Park, 53.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.9% were separated or divorced, 2.4% were widowed and 31.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens Park, 72.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within St Helens Park were England 4.0%, New Zealand 2.2%, Philippines 1.2%, Fiji 1.1% and Chile 1.0%.

Of all people counted in St Helens Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.2%, Anglican 27.2%, No Religion 11.0%, Islam 2.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Spanish 1.9%, Lao 1.5%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.2%, Hindi 1.2% and Tagalog (Filipino) 1.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 80.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,764 people aged 15 years and over in St Helens Park were in the labour force. Of these 64.8% worked full-time, 25.9% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.5% were unemployed. 998 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens Park, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 14.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.0%, Professionals 5.8%, Managers and Administrators 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in St Helens Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.6%, Food Retailing 3.9%, Health Services 3.7% and Construction Trade Services 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens Park, 1,542 families were counted: of these, 22.0% were couple families without children, 58.7% were couple families with children, 18.7% were one parent families and 0.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens Park, 1,815 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in St Helens Park, 87.8% were separate houses, 11.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens Park, 14.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 50.6% were being purchased and 29.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 75.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 5.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 20.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens Park, 82.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 11.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.