Laverton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,701 people were counted in Laverton: of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Laverton there were 1,075 children aged 0-14 years and 828 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Laverton, 3,993 people were Australian citizens, 1,344 were born overseas and 58 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Laverton, 42.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 15.5% were separated or divorced, 5.1% were widowed and 36.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Laverton, 64.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Laverton were England 5.4%, Philippines 3.0%, Viet Nam 2.4%, New Zealand 1.7% and Scotland 1.5%.

Of all people counted in Laverton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.7%, No Religion 17.5%, Anglican 15.9%, Buddhism 4.2% and Orthodox 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Laverton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 3.2%, Tagalog (Filipino) 2.9%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.7%, Spanish 1.3% and Italian 1.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 72.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,143 people aged 15 years and over in Laverton were in the labour force. Of these 60.0% worked full-time, 25.2% worked part-time, 3.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.1% were unemployed. 1,366 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Laverton, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.5%, Associate Professionals 5.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7%, Professionals 4.4%, Managers and Administrators 2.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Laverton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 5.8%, Business Services 4.6%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.1%, Food Retailing 3.0% and Health Services 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Laverton, 1,201 families were counted: of these, 26.6% were couple families without children, 44.0% were couple families with children, 27.9% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Laverton, 1,684 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Laverton, 91.7% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Laverton, 32.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.1% were being purchased and 21.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Laverton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 44.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Laverton, 70.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.6% were single (or lone) person households and 3.5% were group households.