Cheltenham

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,043 people were counted in Cheltenham: of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Of the total population 1.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Cheltenham there were 398 children aged 0-14 years and 517 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Cheltenham, 1,925 people were Australian citizens, 413 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Cheltenham, 49.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.4% were separated or divorced, 8.1% were widowed and 31.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Cheltenham, 76.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Cheltenham were England 4.9%, Italy 2.4%, Greece 1.7%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.6% and Germany 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Cheltenham on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.7%, No Religion 17.6%, Anglican 14.5%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Orthodox 7.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Cheltenham, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 5.0%, Italian 3.5%, Russian 2.8%, Croatian 1.2% and Polish 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 78.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 933 people aged 15 years and over in Cheltenham were in the labour force. Of these 59.3% worked full-time, 28.8% worked part-time, 3.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.6% were unemployed. 669 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Cheltenham, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.9%, Professionals 8.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.4%, Associate Professionals 6.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.0%, Managers and Administrators 3.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Cheltenham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 4.8%, Business Services 4.3%, Education 3.5%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.3% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Cheltenham, 556 families were counted: of these, 37.2% were couple families without children, 46.6% were couple families with children, 13.8% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Cheltenham, 844 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Cheltenham, 84.0% were separate houses, 6.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Cheltenham, 44.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 31.5% were being purchased and 19.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Cheltenham, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 15.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 35.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 53.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Cheltenham, 65.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 31.8% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.