Victoria Demographics

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Victoria Demographics

Demographics
The population of Victoria at the 2001 national Census 4,644,950 people (2,279,061 males and 2,365,889 females). This represents an increase of 271,430 people (6.2%) since the 1996 Census, and an increase of 400,729 people (9.4%) since the 1991 Census. There were 25,078 people (0.5%) (12,367 males and 12,711 females) who identified as being of Indigenous origin. This represents an increase of 3,604 people (16.8%) (1,731 males and 1,873 females) since the 1996 Census, and an increase of 8,349 people (49.9%) (4,134 males and 4,215 females) since the 1991 Census.

The median age of people in the 2001 Census was 35 years. In the 1996 Census the median age of people was 33 years, while in the 1991 Census the median age of people was 32 years.

Birthplace
In the 2001 Census, 3,277,054 people (71.1%) stated that they were Australian-born. This compares with 3,168,853 people (72.8%) in the 1996 Census and 3,128,880 people (73.9%) in the 1991 Census.

The number of people born overseas in the 2001 Census was 1,080,344 (23.4%) compared with 1,040,081 (23.9%) in the 1996 Census and 1,013,377 (23.9%) in the 1991 Census.

Of those born overseas, the three main countries of birth in the 2001 Census were:

United Kingdom: 205,542 (4.5%)
Italy: 90,056 (2.0%) and;
Greece: 57,595 (1.2%).

Of those born overseas in the 1996 Census, the three main countries of birth were United Kingdom: 215,235 (4.9%), Italy: 98,231 (2.3%) and Greece: 61,683 (1.4%). Of those born overseas in the 1991 Census, the three main countries of birth were United Kingdom: 232,319 (5.5%), Italy: 105,472 (2.5%) and Greece: 66,974 (1.6%).

Language Spoken at Home
English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 3,474,068 people (75.3%) in the 2001 Census. This compares with 3,357,652 people (77.1%) in the 1996 Census and 3,291,645 people (77.8%) in the 1991 Census.

The three most common languages spoken at home other than English in the 2001 Census were:

Italian: 149,185 (3.2%)
Greek: 122,351 (2.7%) and;
Chinese languages: 113,129 (2.5%)

IT
In the 2001 Census, 2,001,169 people (43.4%) had used a personal computer at home. Of these, usage of a personal computer at home by specific age groups reflected 691,283 people aged 0-19 years (15.0%), 865,711 people aged 20-44 years (18.8%), 390,732 people aged 45-64 years (8.5%) and 53,443 people aged 65 years and over (1.2%).

The total number of persons who had used the Internet in the week preceding the 2001 Census was 1,780,853. There were 267,748 people (5.8%) who had used the Internet at work only, 864,430 people (18.7%) who had used the Internet at home only and 191,673 people (4.2%) who had used the Internet elsewhere only.

Education
In the 2001 Census, 130,060 (3.5%) people (64,055 males and 66,005 females) held a postgraduate degree, graduate diploma or graduate certificate. This compares with 103,627 (3.0%) people (52,361 males and 51,266 females) in the 1996 Census and 70,635 (2.1%) people (37,760 males and 32,875 females) in the 1991 Census.

In the 2001 Census, 390,733 (10.7%) people (178,489 males and 212,244 females) held a bachelor degree, compared with 289,029 (8.4%) people (141,633 males and 147,396 females) in the 1996 Census and 205,076 (6.2%) people (108,984 males and 96,092 females) in the 1991 Census.

There were 757,091 (20.6%) people (485,321 males and 271,770 females) with an advanced diploma, diploma or certificate in the 2001 Census, compared with 636,005 (18.5%) people (414,778 males and 221,227 females) in the 1996 Census and 583,869 (17.7%) people (380,706 males and 203,163 females) in the 1991 Census.

In the 2001 Census, 2,390,500 (65.2%) people (1,051,377 males and 1,339,123 females) did not have a qualification, did not state a qualification or stated a qualification outside of the scope of the standard classification. This compares with 2,400,114 (70.0%) people (1,058,529 males and 1,341,585 females) in the 1996 Census and 2,439,832 (73.9%) people (1,085,262 males and 1,354,570 females) in the 1991 Census.

Labour Force
During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,082,216 people in Victoria (1,139,127 males and 943,089 females) were employed, representing 93.2% of the labour force. Of these, 1,354,647 (65.1%) people (884,237 males and 470,410 females) were working full-time and 663,221 (31.9%) people (218,142 males and 445,079 females) were working part-time. This compares with 1,884,880 (90.6%) people (1,051,675 males and 833,205 females) who were employed in the 1996 Census and 1,806,561 (88.0%) people (1,028,427 males and 778,134 females) who were employed in the 1991 Census.

In the 2001 Census, 151,859 people (87,530 males and 64,329 females) were unemployed, representing 6.8% of the labour force. Of these, 106,157 (69.9%) people (70,408 males and 35,749 females) were looking for full-time work and 45,702 (30.1%) people (17,122 males and 28,580 females) were looking for part-time work. In the 1996 Census, there were 196,189 (9.4%) unemployed people (115,682 males and 80,507 females) and 246,680 (12.0%) unemployed people (149,810 males and 96,870 females) in the 1991 Census. more