Orbost

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,085 people were counted in Orbost: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 4.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Orbost there were 421 children aged 0-14 years and 641 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Orbost, 1,948 people were Australian citizens, 152 were born overseas and 11 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Orbost, 49.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.1% were separated or divorced, 10.7% were widowed and 27.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Orbost, 87.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Orbost were England 2.1%, Italy 1.3%, Netherlands 0.9%, New Zealand 0.6% and Scotland 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Orbost on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.8%, No Religion 18.9%, Catholic 17.0%, Uniting Church 11.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 7.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Orbost, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.2%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Indonesian 0.2%, Thai 0.2% and Afrikaans 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 819 people aged 15 years and over in Orbost were in the labour force. Of these 54.1% worked full-time, 33.8% worked part-time, 3.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.5% were unemployed. 761 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Orbost, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.4%, Associate Professionals 4.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.6%, Professionals 4.5%, Managers and Administrators 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Orbost, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 4.4%, Health Services 4.0%, Forestry and Logging 3.7%, Wood and Paper Product Manufacturing 3.4% and Road Transport 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Orbost, 545 families were counted: of these, 42.8% were couple families without children, 37.8% were couple families with children, 17.4% were one parent families and 2.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Orbost, 902 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Orbost, 91.2% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Orbost, 50.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.4% were being purchased and 23.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Orbost, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 24.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 26.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 45.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Orbost, 60.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 33.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.