Reynella East

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,175 people were counted in Reynella East: of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Reynella East there were 454 children aged 0-14 years and 411 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Reynella East, 2,033 people were Australian citizens, 358 were born overseas and 12 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Reynella East, 53.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.9% were separated or divorced, 6.1% were widowed and 29.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Reynella East, 80.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Reynella East were England 8.6%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.8%, New Zealand 0.7% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Reynella East on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 24.3%, Anglican 20.5%, Catholic 15.2%, Uniting Church 13.2% and Baptist 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Reynella East, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Polish 0.4%, German 0.3% and Greek 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,111 people aged 15 years and over in Reynella East were in the labour force. Of these 57.1% worked full-time, 35.1% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.8% were unemployed. 593 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Reynella East, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.2%, Professionals 7.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.7%, Associate Professionals 5.5%, Managers and Administrators 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Reynella East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 5.1%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.5%, Food Retailing 4.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3% and Business Services 4.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Reynella East, 650 families were counted: of these, 34.3% were couple families without children, 46.8% were couple families with children, 18.2% 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 Reynella East, 817 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Reynella East, 89.2% were separate houses, 9.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Reynella East, 35.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 42.0% were being purchased and 15.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Reynella East, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 28.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 31.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Reynella East, 78.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.2% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.