Richmond 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	53,494	-	4,612,097
Persons who changed address between 1996 and 2001 (a)	26,799	57.9%	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	7,414	13.9%	24.7%
18-39	26,650	49.8%	32.2%
40-64	13,917	26.0%	30.4%
65+	5,513	10.3%	12.7%
Total	53,494	100.0%	100.0%
Median Age		32 years	35 years

Birthplace

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Australia (a)	32,470	66.7%	75.3%
Viet Nam	3,166	6.5%
United Kingdom	2,044	4.2%
Greece	1,608	3.3%
New Zealand	1,301	2.7%
Other	8,069	16.6%
Born Overseas	16,188	33.3%	24.7%
Total (b)	48,658	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	34,001	69.8%	79.0%
Speaks other language and speaks English:
Very well or well	9,772	20.1%	17.0%
Not well or not at all	4,917	10.1%	4.0%
Total (a)	48,690	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)	3,220	15.9%	13.3%
$300 - $699	4,795	23.6%	30.6%
$700 - $1499	5,864	28.9%	34.8%
$1500 or more	6,416	31.6%	21.2%
Total (b)	20,295	100.0%	100.0%
Median weekly household income		$942	$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	9,900	44.9%	74.2%
Rented/Other	12,164	55.1%	25.8%
Total (a)	22,064	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	21,961	45.0%	59.6%
Yes, did use Internet, at home, work or elsewhere	26,791	55.0%	40.4%
Total (a)	48,752	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes individuals who didn't state their use of Internet.

Labour force

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Employed	28,395	91.8%	93.2%
Unemployed (2001 Census) (a)	2,523	8.2%	6.8%
Total (b)	30,918	100.0%	100.0%
In the labour force	30,918	71.3%	63.6%
Not in the labour force	12,466	28.7%	36.4%
Total (c)	43,384	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	2,895	10.4%	9.7%
Professionals	10,395	37.2%	19.6%
Associate professionals	3,644	13.0%	11.6%
Tradespersons and related workers	1,638	5.9%	12.5%
Clerical, sales and service workers	7,125	25.5%	30.0%
Production and transport workers	1,031	3.7%	8.3%
Labourers and related workers	1,231	4.4%	8.4%
Total (a)	27,959	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Employed persons excluding those who did not state their occupation.