Norfolk Island Census 6 August 1996 section H

Administration of Norfolk Island
Census of Population and Housing
6 August 1996

Section H : Ordinarily Resident Population
TABLE H1 : ORDINARILY RESIDENT POPULATION : GROUPED AGES

	Census, 6 August 1996				Census, 6 August 1991
Age Last			Persons				Persons
Birthday (Years)	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total
0 - 4	65	51	116	6.5	87	68	155	8.1
5 - 9	64	60	124	7.0	69	75	144	7.5
10 - 14	52	69	121	6.8	80	71	151	7.9
Under 15	181	180	361	20.4	236	214	450	23.5
15 - 19	46	39	85	4.8	38	30	68	3.6
20 - 24	42	36	78	4.4	55	71	126	6.6
25 - 29	56	54	110	6.2	79	75	154	8.1
30 - 34	57	67	124	7.0	86	97	183	9.6
35- 39	65	81	146	8.2	80	69	149	7.8
40 - 44	76	56	132	7.4	71	67	138	7.2
45 - 49	67	73	140	7.9	61	76	137	7.2
50 - 54	70	77	147	8.3	48	61	109	5.7
55 - 59	55	62	117	6.6	47	49	96	5.0
60 - 64	43	48	91	5.1	49	37	86	4.5
65 - 69	45	37	82	4.6	54	37	91	4.8
70 - Over	70	88	158	8.9	48	73	121	6.3
Not Stated	-	1	1	0.1	1	3	4	0.2
Total	873	899	1,772	100.0	953	959	1,912	100.0

TABLE H2 : ORDINARILY RESIDENT POPULATION : MARITAL STATUS

	Census, 6 August 1996				Census, 6 August 1991
Marital			Persons				Persons
Status	Males	Females	Total	Percent	Males	Females	Total	Percent
				Of Total				Of Total
Under 15	181	180	361	20.4	236	213	449	23.5
Over 15	147	122	269	15.2	175	149	324	16.9
Total Never Married	328	302	630	35.6	411	362	773	40.4
Now Married	406	395	801	45.2	460	452	912	47.7
Separated	22	20	42	2.4	26	24	50	2.6
Divorced	44	62	106	6.0	43	57	100	5.2
Widowed	18	69	87	4.9	13	63	76	4.0
Defacto (a)	54	50	104	5.9	-	-	-	-
Not Stated	1	1	2	0.1	-	1	1	0.1
Total	873	899	1,772	100.0	953	959	1,912	100.0

(a) Defacto option added for 1996 Census

TABLE H3 : ORDINARILY RESIDENT POPULATION : COUNTRY OF BIRTH

	Census, 6 August 1996				Census, 6 August 1991
Country			Persons				Persons
of Birth	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total
Australia	310	338	648	36.6	299	346	645	33.7
New Zealand	187	219	406	22.9	248	256	504	26.4
United Kingdom	31	39	70	3.9	43	54	97	5.1
Other Countries	43	53	96	5.4	43	40	83	4.3
Total, Not born on
Norfolk Island	571	649	1,220	68.8	633	696	1,329	69.5
Norfolk Island	298	244	542	30.6	310	250	560	29.3
Not Stated	4	6	10	0.6	10	13	23	1.2
Total	873	899	1,772	100.0	953	959	1,912	100.0

TABLE H4 : ORDINARILY RESIDENT POPULATION :
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP

	Census, 6 August 1996				Census, 6 August 1991
Country of			Persons				Persons
Citizenship	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total
Australia	705	688	1,393	78.6	706	688	1,394	72.9
New Zealand	139	172	311	17.5	205	216	421	22.0
United Kingdom	12	21	33	1.9	21	35	56	2.9
Other Countries	17	18	35	2.0	16	13	29	1.5
Not Stated	-	-	-	-	5	7	12	0.6
Total	873	899	1,772	100.0	953	959	1,912	100.0

TABLE H5 : ORDINARILY RESIDENT POPULATION : YEAR OF FIRST ARRIVAL IN NORFOLK ISLAND OF PERSONS NOT BORN ON NORFOLK ISLAND

			Census, 6 August 1996
Year of	Residents	G.E.P.'s	Itinerant	Total Ordinarily Resident
First Arrival			Population		Percent
				Total	Of Total
1996	6	9	98	113	9.2
1995	3	12	116	131	10.7
1994	3	16	48	67	5.4
1993	4	20	17	41	3.3
1992	2	24	7	33	2.7
1991	14	24	2	40	3.3
1990	16	11	3	30	2.4
1989	8	19	1	28	2.3
1988	20	6	-	26	2.1
1987	12	3	1	16	1.3
1986	33	11	-	44	3.6
1985	21	5	-	26	2.1
1980-1984	120	7	3	130	10.6
1970-1979	206	7	4	217	17.6
1960-1969	181	4	-	185	15.0
1950-1959	36	-	-	36	2.9
1940-1949	25	-	-	25	2.0
Before 1939	18	-	1	19	1.5
Not Stated	21	2	-	23	1.9

Total	749	180	301	1,230	100.0

TABLE H6 : ORDINARILY RESIDENT POPULATION : RELIGION

	Census, 6 August 1996				Census, 6 August 1991
Religion			Persons				Persons
	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total
Catholic	103	101	204	11.5	105	96	201	10.5
Church of England	318	344	662	37.4	356	366	722	37.8
Seventh Day Adventist	22	33	55	3.1	26	40	66	3.5
Uniting Church	113	144	257	14.5	136	172	308	16.1
Other Christian	34	35	69	3.9	28	31	59	3.1
Non-Christian	3	7	10	0.6	1	2	3	0.2
No Religion	119	98	217	12.2	154	98	252	13.2
Not Stated	161	137	298	16.8	147	154	301	15.7
Total	873	899	1,772	100.0	953	959	1,912	100.0

TABLE H7 : ORDINARILY RESIDENT POPULATIION : USUAL MAJOR ACTIVITY

	Census, 6 August 1996				Census, 6 August 1991
Usual Major			Persons				Persons
Activity	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total
Working in Job or Business	542	478	1,020	57.6	598	475	1,073	56.1
Unpaid Home Duties	9	90	99	5.6	39	210	249	13.0
Child Not At School (a)	77	64	141	7.9	114	91	205	10.7
Student (a)	138	142	280	15.8	128	132	260	13.6
Retired	104	120	224	12.6	-	-	-	-
Other	1	2	3	0.2	67	42	109	5.7
Not Stated	2	3	5	0.3	7	9	16	0.8
Total	873	899	1,772	100.0	953	959	1,912	100.0

(a) Primary or Secondary School

TABLE H8 : ORDINARILY RESIDENT POPULATIION : AGE LEFT SCHOOL

	Census, 6 August 1996				Census, 6 August 1991
Age Left School			Persons				Persons
(Years)	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total	Males	Females	Total	Percent of Total
Under 13	5	2	7	0.4	4	4	8	0.4
13	7	5	12	0.7	5	3	8	0.4
14	44	34	78	4.4	56	37	93	4.9
15	169	166	335	18.9	204	198	402	21.0
16	219	201	420	23.7	202	197	399	20.9
17	90	152	242	13.6	114	146	260	13.6
18	82	77	159	9.0	73	75	148	7.7
19	5	6	11	0.6	4	8	12	0.6
20 -Over	7	12	19	1.1	8	10	18	0.9
Total of Above	628	655	1,283	72.4	670	678	1,348	70.5
Other Persons (a)	216	207	423	23.9	241	225	466	24.4
Not Stated	29	37	66	3.7	42	56	98	5.1
Total	873	899	1,772	100.0	953	959	1,912	100.0

(a) Primary or Secondary School or child not yet at school

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