South Morang

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,020 people were counted in South Morang: of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in South Morang there were 1,427 children aged 0-14 years and 539 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in South Morang, 4,537 people were Australian citizens, 799 were born overseas and 13 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in South Morang, 60.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.4% were separated or divorced, 5.2% were widowed and 25.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in South Morang, 79.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within South Morang were Italy 4.3%, England 2.4%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.3%, New Zealand 0.7% and Greece 0.6%.

Of all people counted in South Morang on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 38.2%, No Religion 17.4%, Anglican 13.5%, Orthodox 7.4% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in South Morang, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 7.8%, Macedonian 3.0%, Greek 1.4%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.8% and Spanish 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 78.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,585 people aged 15 years and over in South Morang were in the labour force. Of these 65.3% worked full-time, 27.5% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.0% were unemployed. 915 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in South Morang, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 14.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.3%, Associate Professionals 8.5%, Professionals 7.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in South Morang, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.9%, Health Services 4.5%, Construction Trade Services 4.4% and Food Retailing 4.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in South Morang, 1,377 families were counted: of these, 26.6% were couple families without children, 60.8% were couple families with children, 11.6% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in South Morang, 1,586 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in South Morang, 87.7% were separate houses, 7.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in South Morang, 24.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 57.3% were being purchased and 12.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in South Morang, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 73.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 5.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 21.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in South Morang, 85.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 10.4% were single (or lone) person households and 1.6% were group households.