Virginia

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,709 people were counted in Virginia: of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Virginia there were 363 children aged 0-14 years and 339 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Virginia, 1,545 people were Australian citizens, 636 were born overseas and 6 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Virginia, 56.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.7% were separated or divorced, 4.5% were widowed and 31.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Virginia, 56.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Virginia were Viet Nam 14.0%, Greece 6.8%, Italy 5.1%, England 3.6% and Bulgaria 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Virginia on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.3%, Buddhism 19.3%, Orthodox 17.1%, No Religion 9.8% and Anglican 6.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Virginia, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 22.6%, Greek 12.4%, Italian 9.2%, Bulgarian 1.6% and Khmer 1.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 43.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 776 people aged 15 years and over in Virginia were in the labour force. Of these 60.4% worked full-time, 26.7% worked part-time, 4.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.5% were unemployed. 525 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Virginia, the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 18.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.5%, Associate Professionals 3.4%, Professionals 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Virginia, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 15.3%, Personal and Household Good Wholesaling 4.2%, Food Retailing 3.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.8% and Road Transport 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Virginia, 444 families were counted: of these, 30.4% were couple families without children, 55.0% were couple families with children, 13.3% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Virginia, 588 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Virginia, 88.4% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Virginia, 53.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.9% were being purchased and 15.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Virginia, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 6.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 90.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Virginia, 73.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.4% were single (or lone) person households and 0.9% were group households.