Elizabeth

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 811 people were counted in Elizabeth: of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Of the total population 3.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth there were 156 children aged 0-14 years and 234 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth, 656 people were Australian citizens, 235 were born overseas and 7 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth, 40.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 16.4% were separated or divorced, 8.3% were widowed and 34.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth, 63.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Elizabeth were England 17.0%, Scotland 2.0%, Netherlands 1.1%, New Zealand 1.0% and Germany 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Elizabeth on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 23.3%, Anglican 17.8%, Catholic 15.2%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Lutheran 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Romanian 0.9%, Polish 0.6%, Turkish 0.6%, Greek 0.5% and Netherlandic 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 88.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 242 people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth were in the labour force. Of these 45.5% worked full-time, 31.4% worked part-time, 5.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 17.4% were unemployed. 386 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.8%, Associate Professionals 2.0%, Professionals 1.5%, Managers and Administrators 0.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.5%, Business Services 3.0%, Food Retailing 2.7%, Education 2.0% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 1.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth, 211 families were counted: of these, 43.1% were couple families without children, 31.8% were couple families with children, 22.7% were one parent families and 2.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth, 376 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Elizabeth, 67.0% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 29.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth, 27.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.3% were being purchased and 42.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 10.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 48.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth, 55.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 38.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.