North Brighton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,040 people were counted in North Brighton: of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Of the total population 1.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in North Brighton there were 281 children aged 0-14 years and 609 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in North Brighton, 1,834 people were Australian citizens, 308 were born overseas and 7 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in North Brighton, 43.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.9% were separated or divorced, 6.2% were widowed and 41.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in North Brighton, 75.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within North Brighton were England 7.4%, Scotland 0.9%, New Zealand 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7% and United States of America 0.4%.

Of all people counted in North Brighton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 19.2%, Anglican 17.7%, Catholic 17.6%, Uniting Church 10.3% and Lutheran 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in North Brighton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 1.0%, Italian 0.6%, German 0.5%, Croatian 0.3% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 910 people aged 15 years and over in North Brighton were in the labour force. Of these 57.0% worked full-time, 35.8% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.7% were unemployed. 606 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in North Brighton, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 10.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.5%, Associate Professionals 6.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Managers and Administrators 4.3%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in North Brighton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 4.9%, Health Services 4.7%, Business Services 4.1%, Community Services 3.9% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in North Brighton, 514 families were counted: of these, 45.9% were couple families without children, 39.1% were couple families with children, 14.2% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in North Brighton, 707 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in North Brighton, 86.1% were separate houses, 9.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in North Brighton, 52.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 30.1% were being purchased and 14.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in North Brighton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 29.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 20.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 55.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in North Brighton, 72.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.