Armadale

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,302 people were counted in Armadale: of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Armadale there were 1,119 children aged 0-14 years and 1,863 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Armadale, 6,733 people were Australian citizens, 2,031 were born overseas and 87 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Armadale, 39.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 5.7% were widowed and 44.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Armadale, 66.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Armadale were England 3.7%, New Zealand 2.1%, Greece 1.6%, Indonesia 1.1% and Malaysia 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Armadale on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 20.9%, Catholic 20.6%, No Religion 17.9%, Judaism 6.3% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Armadale, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 3.0%, Cantonese 1.3%, Italian 1.0%, Indonesian 1.0% and Mandarin 1.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 76.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,688 people aged 15 years and over in Armadale were in the labour force. Of these 64.4% worked full-time, 28.6% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.8% were unemployed. 1,965 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Armadale, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 22.4%, Associate Professionals 9.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Managers and Administrators 8.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.6%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.6% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Armadale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 13.4%, Health Services 5.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.7%, Education 4.6% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Armadale, 1,884 families were counted: of these, 45.3% were couple families without children, 37.7% were couple families with children, 11.4% were one parent families and 5.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Armadale, 4,014 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Armadale, 34.4% were separate houses, 16.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 47.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Armadale, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 14.1% were being purchased and 40.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Armadale, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 62.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Armadale, 46.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 36.5% were single (or lone) person households and 7.8% were group households.