Craigie

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,002 people were counted in Craigie: of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Of the total population 0.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Craigie there were 1,271 children aged 0-14 years and 994 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Craigie, 5,154 people were Australian citizens, 2,068 were born overseas and 31 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Craigie, 45.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.8% were separated or divorced, 3.9% were widowed and 36.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Craigie, 61.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Craigie were England 14.7%, New Zealand 4.2%, Scotland 2.2%, Ireland 1.3% and Germany 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Craigie on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 23.8%, Catholic 23.0%, No Religion 22.3%, Uniting Church 2.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Craigie, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Spanish 0.7%, Polish 0.6%, German 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,182 people aged 15 years and over in Craigie were in the labour force. Of these 56.5% worked full-time, 31.0% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.6% were unemployed. 1,444 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Craigie, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.0%, Professionals 6.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.2%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4% and Managers and Administrators 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Craigie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.2%, Health Services 4.5%, Construction Trade Services 4.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2% and Food Retailing 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Craigie, 1,717 families were counted: of these, 32.0% were couple families without children, 44.1% were couple families with children, 22.2% 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 Craigie, 2,334 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Craigie, 90.5% were separate houses, 9.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Craigie, 31.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 47.5% were being purchased and 16.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Craigie, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 48.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 43.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Craigie, 72.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.6% were group households.