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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: one-eyed on June 22, 2012, 03:05:15 AM

Title: 2011 Census
Post by: one-eyed on June 22, 2012, 03:05:15 AM

There's now over 21.5 million Aussies & Greater Melbourne's pop. is 4 million.

* Population 21,507,717.
* Male 10,634,013. Female 10,873,704.
* Median age 37
* Families 5.68 million. Average children per family 1.9.
* All private dwellings 9.11m. Average people per household 2.6.
* Median weekly household income $1234.
* Median monthly mortgage repayment $1800. Median weekly rent $285.
* Average motor vehicles per dwelling 1.7.
* Registered marriage  7,647,042 or 49.2%.
* 33,714 same-sex couples. 4.6 million heterosexual couples.
* De facto marriage 1,476,369 or 9.5%.
* Not married 6,413,399 or 41.3%.
* Top five countries of birth — Australia, England, New Zealand, China, India.
* 24.6 per cent of the population was born overseas, up from 22.2 per cent in 2006
* 43.1 per cent of people have at least one parent who migrated here.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/snapshot-of-a-nation-what-the-census-reveals-about-us-20120621-20po5.html#ixzz1yRqrmZE0

Title: Re: 2011 Census
Post by: tiger101 on June 22, 2012, 03:56:25 PM

Mandarin has taken over Italian as the second most common language.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/mandarin-overtakes-italian-in-homes-2011-census-shows/story-fn59niix-1226404108725