Box Hill 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	52,792	-	4,612,097
Persons who changed address between 1996 and 2001 (a)	19,788	41.3%	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	12,036	22.8%	24.7%
18-39	16,117	30.5%	32.2%
40-64	15,966	30.2%	30.4%
65+	8,673	16.4%	12.7%
Total	52,792	100.0%	100.0%
Median Age		37 years	35 years

Birthplace

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Australia (a)	36,298	72.1%	75.3%
United Kingdom	2,225	4.4%
China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province)	1,831	3.6%
Other	9,983	19.8%
Born Overseas	14,039	27.9%	24.7%
Total (b)	50,337	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	39,619	78.1%	79.0%
Speaks other language and speaks English:
Very well or well	9,061	17.9%	17.0%
Not well or not at all	2,056	4.1%	4.0%
Total (a)	50,736	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)	2,199	12.3%	13.3%
$300 - $699	4,308	24.1%	30.6%
$700 - $1499	5,454	30.6%	34.8%
$1500 or more	5,883	33.0%	21.2%
Total (b)	17,844	100.0%	100.0%
Median weekly household income		$999	$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	14,719	74.7%	74.2%
Rented/Other	4,994	25.3%	25.8%
Total (a)	19,713	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	23,297	45.8%	59.6%
Yes, did use Internet, at home, work or elsewhere	27,576	54.2%	40.4%
Total (a)	50,873	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes individuals who didn't state their use of Internet.

Labour force

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Employed	24,517	95.0%	93.2%
Unemployed (2001 Census) (a)	1,278	5.0%	6.8%
Total (b)	25,795	100.0%	100.0%
In the labour force	25,795	62.4%	63.6%
Not in the labour force	15,512	37.6%	36.4%
Total (c)	41,307	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	2,886	12.0%	9.7%
Professionals	8,052	33.4%	19.6%
Associate professionals	3,098	12.9%	11.6%
Tradespersons and related workers	1,594	6.6%	12.5%
Clerical, sales and service workers	6,876	28.5%	30.0%
Production and transport workers	718	3.0%	8.3%
Labourers and related workers	871	3.6%	8.4%
Total (a)	24,095	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Employed persons excluding those who did not state their occupation.