Victor Harbor

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,923 people were counted in Victor Harbor: of these 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female. Of the total population 0.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Victor Harbor there were 1,289 children aged 0-14 years and 4,171 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Victor Harbor, 8,187 people were Australian citizens, 1,631 were born overseas and 45 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Victor Harbor, 59.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.3% were separated or divorced, 11.2% were widowed and 19.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Victor Harbor, 77.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Victor Harbor were England 11.6%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.9%, New Zealand 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Victor Harbor on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 19.0%, Anglican 18.9%, Catholic 10.4% and Lutheran 4.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Victor Harbor, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Greek 0.1% and French 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,962 people aged 15 years and over in Victor Harbor were in the labour force. Of these 47.8% worked full-time, 42.1% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.0% were unemployed. 4,417 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Victor Harbor, the most common responses for occupation were Associate Professionals 5.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.4%, Professionals 4.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.6%, Managers and Administrators 2.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Victor Harbor, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.3%, Food Retailing 3.1%, Health Services 3.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.9% and Education 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Victor Harbor, 2,710 families were counted: of these, 61.5% were couple families without children, 25.0% were couple families with children, 12.5% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Victor Harbor, 4,077 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Victor Harbor, 83.5% were separate houses, 10.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Victor Harbor, 53.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.9% were being purchased and 20.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Victor Harbor, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 40.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 5.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 51.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Victor Harbor, 66.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 29.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.6% were group households.