Broken Hill

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 19,753 people were counted in Broken Hill: of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the total population 5.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Broken Hill there were 4,052 children aged 0-14 years and 5,624 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Broken Hill, 18,539 people were Australian citizens, 890 were born overseas and 81 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Broken Hill, 50.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.5% were separated or divorced, 9.6% were widowed and 27.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Broken Hill, 89.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Broken Hill were England 1.1%, Italy 0.5%, New Zealand 0.4%, Germany 0.3% and Scotland 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Broken Hill on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.2%, No Religion 19.1%, Uniting Church 16.3%, Anglican 15.9% and Salvation Army 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Broken Hill, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.5%, Greek 0.3%, German 0.1%, Maltese 0.1% and Tamil 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 7,476 people aged 15 years and over in Broken Hill were in the labour force. Of these 50.7% worked full-time, 33.4% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.0% were unemployed. 7,452 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Broken Hill, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Professionals 6.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.6%, Associate Professionals 4.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.0%, Managers and Administrators 2.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Broken Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 4.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%, Education 3.3%, Food Retailing 3.2% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Broken Hill, 5,299 families were counted: of these, 39.8% were couple families without children, 38.4% were couple families with children, 20.0% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Broken Hill, 8,282 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Broken Hill, 92.5% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Broken Hill, 58.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.8% were being purchased and 16.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Broken Hill, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 8.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 12.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 77.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Broken Hill, 63.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 29.7% were single (or lone) person households and 1.8% were group households.