Cranbourne

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 13,612 people were counted in Cranbourne: of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Cranbourne there were 3,220 children aged 0-14 years and 2,210 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Cranbourne, 11,861 people were Australian citizens, 2,615 were born overseas and 32 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Cranbourne, 45.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 15.1% were separated or divorced, 5.4% were widowed and 33.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Cranbourne, 74.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Cranbourne were England 6.0%, New Zealand 1.8%, Netherlands 1.3%, Scotland 1.3% and Italy 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Cranbourne on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.3%, No Religion 23.5%, Anglican 18.1%, Presbyterian & Reformed 5.0% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Cranbourne, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.1%, Netherlandic 0.7%, Greek 0.6%, Spanish 0.6% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,546 people aged 15 years and over in Cranbourne were in the labour force. Of these 60.1% worked full-time, 28.7% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.0% were unemployed. 3,414 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Cranbourne, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Associate Professionals 4.7%, Professionals 4.1%, Managers and Administrators 2.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Cranbourne, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 4.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0%, Construction Trade Services 3.4%, Business Services 3.4% and Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Cranbourne, 3,626 families were counted: of these, 26.9% were couple families without children, 47.8% were couple families with children, 23.8% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Cranbourne, 4,981 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Cranbourne, 82.8% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Cranbourne, 31.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 37.0% were being purchased and 25.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Cranbourne, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 54.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 27.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Cranbourne, 72.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.2% were single (or lone) person households and 3.2% were group households.