Benambra District statistical profile from the 2001 Census

Population and housing statistics have been calculated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics based on the State electoral boundaries.

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Population and mobility

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Total Persons	48,233	-	4,612,097
Persons who changed address between 1996 and 2001 (a)	20,657	47.6%	41.4%
(a) Percentage is given as a proportion of persons aged 5 years and over who stated their previous address.

Age

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
0-17	13,890	28.8%	24.7%
18-39	14,130	29.3%	32.2%
40-64	14,880	30.9%	30.4%
65+	5,333	11.1%	12.7%
Total	48,233	100.0%	100.0%
Median Age		34 years	35 years

Birthplace

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Australia (a)	41,640	90.3%	75.3%
United Kingdom	1,472	3.2%
Other	3,005	6.5%
Born Overseas	4,477	9.7%	24.7%
Total (b)	46,117	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Does not include Australia External Territories. (b) Excludes persons who did not state their birthplace, inadequately described their birthplace or were born at sea.

Proficiency in English

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Speaks English only	44,581	95.9%	79.0%
Speaks other language and speaks English:
Very well or well	1,680	3.6%	17.0%
Not well or not at all	214	0.5%	4.0%
Total (a)	46,475	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes persons who did not state their language spoken at home and/or did not state their proficiency in English.

Weekly household income

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
$0 - $299 (a)	2,195	14.1%	13.3%
$300 - $699	5,321	34.2%	30.6%
$700 - $1499	5,855	37.6%	34.8%
$1500 or more	2,207	14.2%	21.2%
Total (b)	15,578	100.0%	100.0%
Median weekly household income		$728	$812
(a) Includes negative and nil income. (b) Excludes non-classifiable households and households where one or more persons did not state their income.

Housing

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Owned/Being Purchased	12,110	70.3%	74.2%
Rented/Other	5,112	29.7%	25.8%
Total (a)	17,222	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes households where the tenure type was not stated.

Internet use

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
No, did not use Internet	29,785	64.1%	59.6%
Yes, did use Internet, at home, work or elsewhere	16,716	35.9%	40.4%
Total (a)	46,501	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes individuals who didn't state their use of Internet.

Labour force

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Employed	21,518	93.1%	93.2%
Unemployed (2001 Census) (a)	1,603	6.9%	6.8%
Total (b)	23,121	100.0%	100.0%
In the labour force	23,121	65.3%	63.6%
Not in the labour force	12,292	34.7%	36.4%
Total (c)	35,413	100.0%	100.0%
(a) This figure is derived from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing and represents the unemployment rate as at Census day, 7 August, 2001. By contrast, the widely published monthly unemployment rate is derived from the Labour Force Survey which samples approximately 30,000 households across Australia. Due to sample variability, the Labour Force Survey does not provide unemployment estimates for relatively small areas such as State electorates; hence 5-yearly Census data is the only source which can be used for this purpose. (b) Excludes persons aged 0-14, persons not in the labour force and persons who did not state their labour force status. (c) Excludes persons aged 0-14 and persons who did not state their labour force status.

Occupation

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Managers and administrators	2,409	11.4%	9.7%
Professionals	3,357	15.9%	19.6%
Associate professionals	2,388	11.3%	11.6%
Tradespersons and related workers	3,117	14.7%	12.5%
Clerical, sales and service workers	5,760	27.2%	30.0%
Production and transport workers	1,857	8.8%	8.3%
Labourers and related workers	2,253	10.7%	8.4%
Total (a)	21,141	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Employed persons excluding those who did not state their occupation.