South Barwon 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	52,241	-	4,612,097
Persons who changed address between 1996 and 2001 (a)	21,217	44.9%	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	13,340	25.5%	24.7%
18-39	15,674	30.0%	32.2%
40-64	16,126	30.9%	30.4%
65+	7,101	13.6%	12.7%
Total	52,241	100.0%	100.0%
Median Age		36 years	35 years

Birthplace

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Australia (a)	43,372	86.8%	75.3%
United Kingdom	2,735	5.5%
Other	3,876	7.8%
Born Overseas	6,611	13.2%	24.7%
Total (b)	49,983	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	47,641	94.5%	79.0%
Speaks other language and speaks English:
Very well or well	2,497	5.0%	17.0%
Not well or not at all	298	0.6%	4.0%
Total (a)	50,436	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)	2,310	13.3%	13.3%
$300 - $699	5,577	32.0%	30.6%
$700 - $1499	6,363	36.5%	34.8%
$1500 or more	3,168	18.2%	21.2%
Total (b)	17,418	100.0%	100.0%
Median weekly household income		$787	$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	14,973	77.9%	74.2%
Rented/Other	4,251	22.1%	25.8%
Total (a)	19,224	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	28,580	56.7%	59.6%
Yes, did use Internet, at home, work or elsewhere	21,826	43.3%	40.4%
Total (a)	50,406	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes individuals who didn't state their use of Internet.

Labour force

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Employed	23,815	93.3%	93.2%
Unemployed (2001 Census) (a)	1,707	6.7%	6.8%
Total (b)	25,522	100.0%	100.0%
In the labour force	25,522	64.1%	63.6%
Not in the labour force	14,313	35.9%	36.4%
Total (c)	39,835	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	1,864	8.0%	9.7%
Professionals	4,656	19.9%	19.6%
Associate professionals	2,950	12.6%	11.6%
Tradespersons and related workers	3,369	14.4%	12.5%
Clerical, sales and service workers	7,364	31.5%	30.0%
Production and transport workers	1,564	6.7%	8.3%
Labourers and related workers	1,631	7.0%	8.4%
Total (a)	23,398	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Employed persons excluding those who did not state their occupation.