Bassendean

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,483 people were counted in Bassendean: of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 2.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Bassendean there were 1,588 children aged 0-14 years and 1,950 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Bassendean, 7,516 people were Australian citizens, 2,391 were born overseas and 41 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Bassendean, 43.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 15.1% were separated or divorced, 7.3% were widowed and 33.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Bassendean, 67.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Bassendean were England 9.4%, New Zealand 3.0%, Italy 1.8%, Scotland 1.6% and India 1.2%.

Of all people counted in Bassendean on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 22.8%, Anglican 20.6%, Uniting Church 3.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Bassendean, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.5%, Polish 0.7%, Croatian 0.7%, Maltese 0.6% and Vietnamese 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,192 people aged 15 years and over in Bassendean were in the labour force. Of these 59.8% worked full-time, 29.4% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.1% were unemployed. 2,491 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Bassendean, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 10.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.9%, Associate Professionals 7.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.2%, Managers and Administrators 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Bassendean, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.0%, Education 4.6%, Health Services 3.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1% and Food Retailing 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Bassendean, 2,308 families were counted: of these, 38.2% were couple families without children, 40.2% were couple families with children, 19.2% were one parent families and 2.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Bassendean, 3,637 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Bassendean, 81.4% were separate houses, 14.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Bassendean, 36.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 32.8% were being purchased and 25.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Bassendean, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 38.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 19.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Bassendean, 62.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.1% were single (or lone) person households and 4.7% were group households.