St Agnes

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,197 people were counted in St Agnes: of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in St Agnes there were 818 children aged 0-14 years and 894 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in St Agnes, 3,851 people were Australian citizens, 887 were born overseas and 23 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in St Agnes, 55.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.2% were separated or divorced, 7.1% were widowed and 28.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in St Agnes, 76.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within St Agnes were England 10.2%, Italy 2.4%, Scotland 1.3%, Germany 1.2% and Netherlands 0.6%.

Of all people counted in St Agnes on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 21.6%, Catholic 21.1%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 12.4% and Lutheran 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in St Agnes, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 3.1%, German 0.8%, Greek 0.7%, Polish 0.3% and Cantonese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,214 people aged 15 years and over in St Agnes were in the labour force. Of these 59.4% worked full-time, 32.8% worked part-time, 1.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.9% were unemployed. 1,101 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in St Agnes, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.1%, Professionals 10.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.5%, Associate Professionals 7.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.4%, Managers and Administrators 3.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in St Agnes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 6.1%, Business Services 5.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.1%, Education 4.1% and Food Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in St Agnes, 1,195 families were counted: of these, 33.1% were couple families without children, 51.9% were couple families with children, 14.3% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in St Agnes, 1,543 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in St Agnes, 86.1% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in St Agnes, 46.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 35.1% were being purchased and 15.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in St Agnes, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 37.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 50.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in St Agnes, 76.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.