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On Census Night 7th August 2001, 180,358 people were counted in Wollongong (C) (Local Government Areas): of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Of the total population 1.5% were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
On Census Night 2001 in Wollongong (C) (Local Government Areas), 159,769 people were Australian citizens, 41,444 were born overseas and 1,254 people were overseas visitors.
On Census Night 2001 in Wollongong (C) (Local Government Areas), 52.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.3% were separated or divorced, 6.9% were widowed and 30.8% were never married.
During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 80,490 people aged 15 years and over in Wollongong (C) (Local Government Areas) were in the labour force. Of these 57.1% worked full-time, 30.9% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.1% were unemployed. 57,704 people were not in the labour force.
On Census Night 2001 in Wollongong (C) (Local Government Areas), 48,591 families were counted: of these, 35.5% were couple families without children, 47.1% were couple families with children, 15.8% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc
5,549
8.1
632,176
8.9
Flat, unit or apartment
11,921
17.3
923,139
13.1
Other dwelling
1,213
1.8
134,274
1.9
Dwelling type not stated
470
0.7
55,304
0.8
On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wollongong (C) (Local Government Areas), 72.2% were separate houses, 8.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.
Owned with a mortgage (includes being purchased under rent/buy scheme)
15,432
22.4
1,872,132
26.5
Rented (includes rent-free)
19,313
28.1
1,858,324
26.3
Other tenure type
1,688
2.5
196,026
2.8
Tenure type not stated
3,045
4.4
334,803
4.7
On Census Night 2001 in Wollongong (C) (Local Government Areas), 42.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.4% were being purchased and 28.1% were rented.
Occupied private dwellings being rented (including rent-free accommodation)
Real estate agent
7,716
40.0
813,633
43.8
State or Territory housing authority
6,107
31.6
317,171
17.1
Other landlord type
5,255
27.2
705,122
37.9
Landlord type not stated
234
1.2
22,398
1.2
On Census Night 2001 in Wollongong (C) (Local Government Areas), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 40.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 31.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 27.2% were rented from an other landlord type.
Excludes visitor only and other not classifiable households
Family households
47,833
69.5
4,866,031
68.8
Single (or lone) person households
16,278
23.7
1,616,213
22.9
Group households
2,417
3.5
262,551
3.7
On Census Night 2001 in Wollongong (C) (Local Government Areas), 69.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.5% were group households.
LATEST ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (AEST) 9/03/2006
Data for this Quickstats has been sourced from the 2001 Basic Community Profile catalogue No. 2001.0 and the 2001 Indigenous Profile catalogue No. 2002.0. Indigenous Statistics are only available for selected geographic areas. The information contained in this QuickStat has been produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It contains data from the 2001 Census of Population & Housing held on 7 August 2001. Some values may have been adjusted to avoid release of confidential data. These adjustments may have a significant impact on the calculated percentages in QuickStats. For more information refer to Introduced Random Error. For further enquiries contact the ABS National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 | www.abs.gov.au/census
The information contained in this QuickStat has been produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It contains data from the 2001 Census of Population & Housing held on 7 August 2001. Some values may have been adjusted to avoid release of confidential data. These adjustments may have a significant impact on the calculated percentages in QuickStats. For more information refer to Introduced Random Error in the 2001 Census Dictionary. For further enquiries contact the ABS National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070. www.abs.gov.au/census
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