Drummond Cove (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 540 people were counted in Drummond Cove (L): of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Of the total population 2.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummond Cove (L) there were 144 children aged 0-14 years and 87 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummond Cove (L), 484 people were Australian citizens, 74 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummond Cove (L), 59.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.4% were separated or divorced, 3.1% were widowed and 27.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Drummond Cove (L), 81.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Drummond Cove (L) were England 5.6%, New Zealand 2.2%, Scotland 0.7%, South Africa 0.7% and United States of America 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Drummond Cove (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 33.1%, Anglican 25.6%, No Religion 20.0%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Christian, nfd 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummond Cove (L), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.6% and Mandarin 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 276 people aged 15 years and over in Drummond Cove (L) were in the labour force. Of these 52.2% worked full-time, 35.9% worked part-time, 3.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.3% were unemployed. 112 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummond Cove (L), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.8%, Professionals 11.3%, Associate Professionals 7.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Drummond Cove (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 7.2%, Health Services 4.9%, Metal Ore Mining 3.6%, Food Retailing 3.6% and Government Administration 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Drummond Cove (L), 162 families were counted: of these, 37.0% were couple families without children, 50.0% were couple families with children, 11.1% were one parent families and 1.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Drummond Cove (L), 203 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Drummond Cove (L), 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummond Cove (L), 35.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.9% were being purchased and 17.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummond Cove (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 44.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Drummond Cove (L), 77.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.7% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.