Unley Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,303 people were counted in Unley Park: of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Unley Park there were 214 children aged 0-14 years and 362 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Unley Park, 1,187 people were Australian citizens, 210 were born overseas and 18 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Unley Park, 58.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.8% were separated or divorced, 5.2% were widowed and 30.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Unley Park, 79.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Unley Park were England 4.6%, New Zealand 1.4%, Germany 1.0%, Greece 0.9% and Scotland 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Unley Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.9%, No Religion 17.9%, Catholic 15.0%, Uniting Church 13.2% and Orthodox 4.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Unley Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 2.9%, German 1.0%, Cantonese 0.8%, Italian 0.6% and Japanese 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 720 people aged 15 years and over in Unley Park were in the labour force. Of these 56.9% worked full-time, 35.6% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.6% were unemployed. 337 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Unley Park, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 24.0%, Managers and Administrators 9.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Associate Professionals 8.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 1.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.2% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Unley Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 11.2%, Business Services 10.6%, Education 5.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.1% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Unley Park, 362 families were counted: of these, 41.7% were couple families without children, 49.7% were couple families with children, 6.9% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Unley Park, 531 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Unley Park, 79.1% were separate houses, 4.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Unley Park, 53.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.4% were being purchased and 17.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Unley Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 50.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Unley Park, 67.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.1% were single (or lone) person households and 3.6% were group households.