St Helens-Stieglitz

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,802 people were counted in St Helens-Stieglitz: of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 3.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens-Stieglitz there were 328 children aged 0-14 years and 702 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens-Stieglitz, 1,617 people were Australian citizens, 206 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens-Stieglitz, 56.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.9% were separated or divorced, 11.4% were widowed and 18.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens-Stieglitz, 82.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within St Helens-Stieglitz were England 6.4%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.6%, Netherlands 0.4% and Philippines 0.4%.

Of all people counted in St Helens-Stieglitz on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 38.7%, No Religion 17.6%, Catholic 14.2%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens-Stieglitz, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.2%, Norwegian 0.2% and Slovene 0.2%. 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, 618 people aged 15 years and over in St Helens-Stieglitz were in the labour force. Of these 42.9% worked full-time, 39.2% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 14.9% were unemployed. 766 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens-Stieglitz, the most common responses for occupation were Associate Professionals 6.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.0%, Professionals 3.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.5%, Managers and Administrators 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in St Helens-Stieglitz, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.5%, Commercial Fishing 3.1%, Health Services 2.9%, Food Retailing 2.7% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens-Stieglitz, 503 families were counted: of these, 54.9% were couple families without children, 29.0% were couple families with children, 15.5% were one parent families and 0.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens-Stieglitz, 820 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in St Helens-Stieglitz, 85.5% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.6% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens-Stieglitz, 50.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 16.8% were being purchased and 26.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in St Helens-Stieglitz, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 45.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 19.5% 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 St Helens-Stieglitz, 61.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 32.6% were single (or lone) person households and 1.0% were group households.