HSD - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Population Profile Census 2001 Census population counts are used throughout this factsheet, rather than residential population. Census population count refers to the number of persons counted at their actual location on census night (August in 1991, 1996 and 2001), and usually includes visitors from overseas and Australian residents away from their usual residence. However in this factsheet, overseas visitors have been excluded. Not stated categories have also been excluded. This is the second in a series of census data factsheets prepared by Central Public Health Unit Network. Additional factsheets reporting 2001 census data, estimated residential population and other sociodemographic indicators have been released or will be released as data becomes available.

This factsheet includes the minimum core set of variables for reporting on cultural and language diversity plus variables from the standard set. The minimum core set is; country of birth of person, main language other than English spoken at home (MLOTESH) and proficiency in spoken English. The fourth core indicator, Indigenous status is reported in a separate factsheet.

POPULATION 2001 number of persons % of total District Qld District Qld Total population 98,094 3,585,639 100 100 Born in 86,208 2,786,359 87.9 77.7 Born overseas 7,034 616,168 7.2 17.2 Speaks English only 91,686 3,173,390 93.5 88.5 Speaks other language** persons: 1,988 253,691 2.0 7.1 at home male: 950 122,266 1.0 3.4 Rockhampton

female: 1,038 131,425 1.1 3.7 Mount Morgan

** Includes 'Non-verbal so described' and 'Inadequately described'. Woorabinda

20 MAIN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH SPOKEN AT HOME 2001 number of persons % of total District Qld District Qld German 191 14,363 9.7 5.7 Tagalog(Filipino) 146 9,282 7.4 3.7 Japanese 137 7,602 7.0 3.0 Italian 128 24,746 6.5 9.8 Chinese lang: Cantonese 117 17,651 5.9 7.0 Netherlandic 80 8,413 4.1 3.3 Detailed District maps are available on QHEPS Spanish 73 9,542 3.7 3.8 Chinese languages: Mandarin 68 16,066 3.5 6.3 MEDIAN AGE OF POPULATION BY Aust Indigenous Languages 61 5,891 3.1 2.3 SELECTED MAIN LANGUAGE SPOKEN, French 60 6,546 3.1 2.6 FOR DISTRICT AND Hindi 48 5,632 2.4 2.2 District Qld Vietnamese 37 14,360 1.9 5.7 English speaking population 35-39 35-39 Greek 30 11,519 1.5 4.5 German 50-54 50-54 Russian 30 2,943 1.5 1.2 Tagalog(Filipino) 35-39 35-39 Polish 27 5,336 1.4 2.1 Japanese 20-24 25-29 Chinese languages: Other 21 2,200 1.1 0.9 Italian 40-44 50-54 Hungarian 21 3,045 1.1 1.2 Chinese lang: Cantonese 35-39 35-39 Indonesian 21 2,617 1.1 1.0 Persian 18 1,632 0.9 0.6 Tamil 18 1,133 0.9 0.4

TOTAL (MLOTESH*) 1,967 253,693 100 100

DISTRICT AND QLD TOTAL PERSONS BY AGE GROUP AND LANGUAGE 2001 Excludes 'Non-verbal so described' and 'Inadequately described' number of persons % of District % of Queensland District population by main language spoken Speaks Speaks Speaks 80+ English English English MLOTESH* MLOTESH* only MLOTESH* only MLOTESH* only 75-79 Speaks English only 0-4 years 63 5,851 3.5 6.6 4.1 6.6 70-74

5-9 years 94 6,697 5.3 7.6 5.7 7.5 65-69

10-14 years 122 7,079 6.8 8.0 6.0 7.5 60-64 15-19 years 163 7,578 9.1 8.6 7.3 7.4 55-59 20-24 years 152 5,571 8.5 6.3 8.4 6.6 50-54 25-29 years 148 5,276 8.3 6.0 7.6 7.0 45-49 30-34 years 142 5,770 7.9 6.5 7.6 7.4 35-39 years 171 6,268 9.6 7.1 8.5 7.5 40-44 40-44 years 167 6,603 9.3 7.5 8.4 7.6 35-39 Age Group Age 45-49 years 138 6,181 7.7 7.0 7.4 7.1 30-34

50-54 years 107 5,684 6.0 6.4 6.7 6.8 25-29 96 4,573 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.4 55-59 years 20-24 60-64 years 75 3,877 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.2 15-19 65-69 years 36 3,379 2.0 3.8 4.1 3.3 10-14 70-74 years 49 2,959 2.7 3.4 3.4 3.0 5-9 75-79 years 35 2,194 2.0 2.5 2.7 2.4 80+ years 29 2,605 1.6 3.0 2.4 2.7 0-4 TOTAL 1,787 88,145 100 100 100 100 15 10 5 0 5 10 * Main language other than English spoken at home (MLOTESH) Percent of Population Age distribution (2001 census population)

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COUNTRY OF BIRTH 2001 REGION OF BIRTH 2001 (excluding Australian born) number of persons % of total number % of total Top 10 countries District Qld District Qld District District Qld United Kingdom 2,644 183,722 2.7 5.1 Oceania and Antarctica: 87,837 89.6 80.5 New Zealand 1,278 127,597 1.3 3.6 North-West Europe: 3,428 3.5 6.7 Germany 298 19,818 0.3 0.6 Southern and Eastern Europe: 323 0.3 1.6 Philippines 262 15,405 0.3 0.2 North Africa and the Middle East: 58 0.1 0.2 Netherlands 245 16,161 0.2 0.5 South-East Asia: 489 0.5 1.4 South Africa 171 14,552 0.2 0.4 North-East Asia: 257 0.3 1.0 United States of America 158 10,155 0.2 0.3 Southern and Central Asia: 130 0.1 0.4 Ireland 109 7,172 0.1 0.2 Americas: 334 0.3 0.7 Fiji 108 7,603 0.1 0.2 Sub-Saharan Africa: 279 0.3 0.6 Canada 99 6,137 0.1 0.2 Other 4,862 5.0 7.0 TOTAL 97,997 100 100 TOTAL BORN OVERSEAS 7,010 616,168 7.1 17.2

PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH 2001 ANCESTRY 2001 Overseas born persons only number of persons % of total Responses and persons District Qld District Qld This is a multi-response table Speaks English only 5,609 430,013 79.8 69.8 Total responses will not necessarily equal Both parents Either or both total persons born in parents born Speaks other language and speaks English: Australia overseas - Very well or Well 1,187 150,491 16.9 24.4 Responses: % of total responses - Not well or Not at all 176 30,517 2.5 5.0 Oceania and Antarctica: 38.5 4.8 - Not stated 6 2,002 0.1 0.3 North-West Europe: 38.1 11.8 - Total 1,369 183,010 19.5 29.7 Southern and Eastern Europe: 0.95 1.11 Not stated 52 3,218 0.7 0.5 North Africa and the Middle East: 0.04 0.06 TOTAL 7,030 616,241 100 100 South-East Asia: 0.03 0.44 North-East Asia: 0.33 0.41 Southern and Central Asia: 0.03 0.25 Americas: 0.08 0.24 Sub-Saharan Africa: 0.02 0.10 TOTAL 81.5 19.8 NUMBER OF RESPONSES 87,590 21,558 NUMBER OF PERSONS 75,298 17,044 RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION 2001 number of persons % of total District Qld District Qld Buddhism 358 37,758 0.4 1.1 Christianity 73,887 2,547,532 75.3 71.0 Hinduism 116 8,970 0.1 0.3 Islam 112 14,990 0.1 0.4 Judaism 39 4,271 0.0 0.1 Aust Aboriginal traditional religions 20 316 0.0 0.0 Other religious groups 242 14,738 0.2 0.4 No religion 12,458 529,966 12.7 14.8 Not stated 9,427 359,564 9.6 10.0 Inadequately described 1,467 67,534 1.5 1.9 TOTAL 98,126 3,585,639 100 100

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Senior Epidemiologist Central Public Health Unit Network, PO Box 1507, Fortitude Valley, Queensland 4006 Phone 07 3250 8602

Health Service District Concordance This reporting area for Rockhampton is comprised of the Local Government Areas of : Fitzroy, Livingstone, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, (part) In this factsheet, due to data limitations, for distribution table on page 1 and calculation of median age, Duaringa LGA has been totally allocated to Central Highlands HSD.

The reporting areas used in these census derived fact sheets are the standard geographic areas (aggregated SLAs or CDs) to be used for the Queensland Health reporting of any District data derived from census 2001. Unless otherwise noted, these areas will be used in all subsequent census fact sheets prepared by Central Public Health Unit Network.

Note: The ABS randomises demographic cell entries of three persons or less to either three or zero. This leads to inconsistencies when some areas or data entries are aggregated.

Data Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001 Census of Population and Housing; Cat. No. 2015 ABS data used with permission from the Australian Bureau of Statistics; www.abs.gov.au

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