Melbourne

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,132,900 people were counted in Melbourne: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne there were 610,489 children aged 0-14 years and 666,780 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne, 2,710,264 people were Australian citizens, 922,544 were born overseas and 27,271 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne, 50.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.9% were separated or divorced, 6.1% were widowed and 33.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne, 64.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Melbourne were England 3.7%, Italy 2.5%, Viet Nam 1.8%, Greece 1.8% and New Zealand 1.4%.

Of all people counted in Melbourne on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.6%, No Religion 16.8%, Anglican 13.4%, Orthodox 6.5% and Uniting Church 4.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 4.2%, Greek 3.7%, Vietnamese 2.0%, Cantonese 1.9% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 68.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,550,378 people aged 15 years and over in Melbourne were in the labour force. Of these 61.6% worked full-time, 28.9% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.7% were unemployed. 860,386 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 12.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.7%, Associate Professionals 6.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Managers and Administrators 4.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Melbourne, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.9%, Education 4.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8%, Health Services 3.8% and Food Retailing 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne, 826,214 families were counted: of these, 33.0% were couple families without children, 49.8% were couple families with children, 14.9% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne, 1,173,616 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Melbourne, 72.8% were separate houses, 10.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.5% were being purchased and 23.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 12.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne, 69.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.7% were single (or lone) person households and 4.2% were group households.