Parish social Profile · nature of your Catholic parish community as you plan in particular areas...

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Coorparoo Mt Carmel Parish Archdiocese of Brisbane Census ID: 163029

AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE Australian Catholic Council for Pastoral Research

September 2013

Dear Father and people of the parish, The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is pleased to make available to you this profile of the Catholic population of your parish. I hope that you will find it to be a valuable tool for your parish's pastoral planning by helping you understand the local Catholic community and assess its needs. Parish pastoral councils in particular will find it a useful resource. The figures in this profile all come from the Australian Census, which is carried out every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Most of the figures come from the 2011 Census, but some comparisons are provided with 2006. It is important to remember that the data in this profile applies to all those people living within the boundaries of your parish who identified themselves as Catholic in the Census. Census data tells us a lot about a population's demographic characteristics, but nothing at all about their religious practice. This parish social profile, produced for every Catholic parish in Australia, is an outcome of the National Catholic Census Project established by the Bishops Conference at the time of the 1991 Census, and it is managed by the ACBC Pastoral Research Office located at the Melbourne campus of the Australian Catholic University. I am very grateful to the staff of that office for the work they do in providing demographic resources for parishes and dioceses. I also thank the team at NCLS Research for contributing their expertise to the technical production of this profile. This profile is provided to you free of charge by the Bishops Conference as part of its commitment to the support of parish life. I trust that you find it useful and thought provoking. Yours sincerely in Christ,

Julian Porteous Archbishop of Hobart Chair, Australian Catholic Council for Pastoral Research.

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Parish snapshotWhat has changed since 2006?

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Overview Tables1. Population2. Disability3. Occupation and employment4. Birthplace, Indigenous status and language5. Education6. Marital Status7. Families8. Households

Detailed TopicsReligious affiliation, sex and ageDisabilityMarital StatusFamiliesHouseholdsBirthplaceLanguageAttendance at educational institutionsEducational qualificationsEmploymentOccupation

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At a glance (pages 2 and 3) Gives you a brief glance at some keydemographic indicators for your parish.

Parish Overview (pages 4-7) Gives you a clear overview of the Catholic

community of your parish and how it is changing -a useful tool for parishes in their pastoral planning.

Parish Details (pages 8-25) Gives you much more detail about the Catholicsof your parish which allows for deeper analysis of thenature of your Catholic parish communityas you plan in particular areas of ministry.

Coorparoo Mt Carmel Parish, Archdiocese of Brisbane, Census ID: 163029 National Catholic Census Project (A project of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference) Principal source of data: Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2011 Census of Population and Housing.

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Pastoral planning is the process of a Catholic community organising itself to carry out the mission of the Church in its own locality. It is a process built upon a parish’s knowledge in three areas:

• Knowing its vision - its aspiration for itself. • Knowing what sort of people make up the Catholic community and the general community. • Knowing the resources (strengths, gifts & circumstances) available to the parish to realise the vision.

This Parish Social Profile has been developed as a resource for pastoral planning, and it focuses on the second two of these three areas of knowledge.

The Church strongly encourages pastoral planning. As Pope John Paul II said:

“I earnestly exhort the Pastors of the particular Churches, with the help of all sectors of God's People, confidently to plan the stages of the journey ahead, harmonising the choices of each diocesan community with those of neighbouring Churches and of the universal Church ... It is not a matter of inventing a 'new program'. The program already exists: it is the plan found in the Gospel and in the living Tradition.”

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By giving a clear picture of the parish’s demographic reality, this profile helps the parish leaders name its strengths and shortcomings and better understand how it might use the resources it has to pursue the mission of the Church.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR PARISH 2011

Total Population : 9,053

Catholic Population : 2,868

Catholics make up 31.7 per cent of the total population

Median age of Catholics is 32 years

Total Catholic families : 988

275 Catholics live alone

443 Catholics were born overseas

24 Catholics do not speak English well

75 Catholics need assistance with core activities

1,126 Catholics have changed address since 2006

IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

Most statistics in this profile have been derived by the Pastoral Research Office of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference from customized census tables purchased from the Australian Bureau of Statistics as part of the National Catholic Census Project 1991-2011.

All census data is copyright © Commonwealth of Australia.

Parishes are free to reproduce this document or any part of it. If any tables, graphs or individual items of data are extracted from this document for use in reports or presentations or in any other way, please attribute the source of the material as follows:

'This material was prepared by the Pastoral Research Office of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference from census data obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.' A shorter form is also acceptable: 'Prepared by the ACBC Pastoral Research Office from ABS data.'


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This chart will help you identify at a glance changes in some of the key indicators for Catholics in the parish between 2006 and 2011, and may alert you to possible trends that are occurring. The 2006 and 2011 figures are drawn from the Parish Overview tables on pages 4-7. All figures in this table refer to Catholics only. The term “Catholic” in this report refers to all persons who identified themselves as Catholics in the Census, not only those who have some form of active association with the Church.

Parish in 2006

Parish in 2011

Catholic population 2,911 2,868

Catholics aged 0-14 (%) 25 24

Catholics aged 65+ (%) 10 9

Catholics born in NESC1 (%) 8 9

Catholics not proficient in English (%) 1 1

Catholic families 950 988

Catholics living alone 346 275

Catholic students attending Catholic schools (%) 73 76

Catholics with university degree (%) 35 39

Catholic males in labour force (%) 81 82

Catholic females in labour force (%) 68 72

Catholic households owning or purchasing dwelling (%) 66 64

Notes: 1. NESC = Non-English Speaking Country.

Note on comparability with 2006 figures:

For the 2011 Census, the Australian Bureau of Statistics adopted the new Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) to replace the previous Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC). Boundary changes resulting from this change mean that, in some parishes, figures for 2006 and 2011 may not be comparable.

To compare changes in geographical boundaries for your parish between 2006 and 2011, you can visit Australian Catholic Mapping Online, accessible via the Pastoral Research Office website: www.pro.catholic.org.au

Where parishes have been amalgamated between 2006 and 2011, the 2006 figures in this profile refer to the overall figures for the parishes involved.


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Table 1: Population (for more detail on Population and Religion see page 9)The Parish Profile begins by looking at the total population living within the parish boundaries, and the percentage who identified as Catholic. The rest of the figures in this overview refer only to these Catholics, except where otherwise indicated.

Parish2011

Parish 2006

Diocese2011

Australia2011

Diocesan Group1

Australian Group1

Table 1

Population2

21,507,719 59,053 8,483 3,100,241 4Total population3

2,868 2,899 716,434 5,439,267 4 3Catholic population 31.7 34.3 23.1 25.3 1 1Per cent Catholic

At same address since previous Census (%) 51.9 50.5 50.1 57.5 3 4

32 32 37 38 5 5Median age4 (years) 24.1 24.8 20.7 20.5 1 1Aged 0-14 (%) 9.0 9.8 13.0 14.1 5 5Aged 65+ (%)

85.6 83.5 90.2 92.1 5 5Males per 100 females

Table 2: Disability (for more detail on Disability and Carers see page 12) Table 2 shows the percentage of Catholics who are disabled to the extent that they require assistance for some core activities (i.e. they need help or assistance with self-care, communication or mobility). It also shows the percentage of Catholics who provide unpaid assistance to a person with some form of disability.

In what particular ways does the parish support disabled Catholics and their carers?

Table 2 Parish2011

Parish 2006

Diocese2011

Australia2011

Diocesan Group1

Australian Group1

DisabilityNeed assistance with

core activities (%) 2.6 3.1 4.5 4.9 5 5Provided unpaid assistance

to a person with a disability5

(% of Catholics aged 15+) 10.7 10.3 11.0 11.7 4 4

Notes: 1. A Diocesan (or Australian) Group value of 1 signifies that the parish is in the 20% of parishes with the highest value for this item in the diocese (or in Australia); a value of

5 signifies that the parish is in the 20% of parishes with the lowest value for this item in the diocese (or in Australia). 2. All figures in this report refer to Catholics only, except for Total Population and certain other clearly-indicated figures. 3. The population figures for the parish, diocese and Australia do not include overseas visitors. 4. Median Age: Half the Catholic population are above this age, half are below it. A Diocesan (or Australian) Group value of 1 signifies that the parish is in the 20% of

parishes with the highest median age. 5. The Census asked whether a person had provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability in the two weeks prior to the Census.


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Table 3: Employment (for more detail on Occupation and Employment see pages 23-25)The extent to which people are involved in the work force and the type of work they are doing influences and shapes many aspects of the community’s life.

Have the changes in the employment status of Catholics over the last five years affected your parish?

Parish2011

Parish 2006

Diocese2011

Australia2011

Diocesan Group

Australian Group

Table 3

Occupation & EmploymentManagers and Professionals1

(% of those recording an occupation) 33.0 151.2 49.6 33.2 1Workers in ‘blue collar’ occupations2

(% of those recording an occupation) 14.9 14.8 29.1 30.6 5 581.5 80.6 71.3 69.6 1 1Men, employed or seeking work3 (%) 72.4 68.2 61.2 58.5 1 1Women, employed or seeking work3 (%) 3.5 3.5 5.8 5.0 5 4Unemployed at time of Census4 (%)

10.5 6.8 11.9 10.2 3 3Youth unemployed at time of Census5 (%)

Table 4: Birthplace and Language (for more detail on Birthplace and Language see pages 17-19).This table begins to explore the ethnic balance of the parish’s Catholic community, which in itself may raise issues of communication and inclusiveness.

How does the cultural mix of the parish compare to that of the rest of the diocese and of Australia as a whole?

Table 4 Parish2011

Parish 2006

Diocese2011

Australia2011

Diocesan Group

Australian Group

Birthplace, Indigenous Status & Language6.8 5.4 8.6 5.7 4 2Born overseas in English-speaking country6

8.7 7.3 12.6 17.9 4 4Born in non-English speaking country (%) Immigrants from non-English speaking countries & arriving in Census year or previous 3 years 36 37 12,676 98,723 4 3

Catholics of Australian Indigenous origin 33 24 13,050 124,610 4 3

Speak language other than English at home (%) 8.6 6.9 11.3 19.0 3 3

0.8 0.8 1.3 2.6 4 4Not proficient in English7 (%)

Notes: 1. This group includes, for example, farmers and farm managers, sales, marketing and production managers, education and health service managers, retail managers, school

principals and school teachers, medical practitioners, nurses, scientists, arts and media professionals, accountants, engineers, and IT professionals. 2. This group includes, for example, toolmakers, technicians, electricians, carpenters, plumbers, bakers and chefs, veterinary nurses, hairdressers, machinery operators, drivers,

cleaners and labourers. 3. The percentage of Catholics aged 15+ who are in the labour force (i.e. employed or seeking employment). 4. The percentage of Catholics aged 15+ who are in the labour force and were unemployed at the time of the Census. 5. The percentage of Catholics aged 15-24 who are in the labour force and were unemployed at the time of the Census. 6. New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Canada and South Africa. 7. Percentage of all Catholics who reported that they spoke English not well, or not at all.


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Table 5: Education (for more detail on Education and Qualifications see pages 20-22)Knowing the proportion of students in your parish and the type of educational institution they are attending can be important even if your parish does not have its own school, for these figures are relevant to the exercise of planning deeper connections with young people and their families. It's also important to be aware of the educational retention rates of your young Catholic adults (aged 15-24).

Has anything changed in these areas over the last five years?

Why do you think this is so?

How does your parish compare to the rest of the diocese?

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Parish 2006

Diocese2011

Australia2011

Diocesan Group

Australian Group

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EducationCatholics aged 15+ with bachelor degree or higher qualification (%) 17.6 139.4 35.3 18.7 1Catholics attending an educational institution(% of all Catholics in each age group)

94.4 85.2 86.3 87.2 1 1Aged 15-17 69.1 67.8 52.7 57.8 2 2Aged 18-19 40.6 38.1 33.0 34.3 2 2Aged 20-24

Catholic primary students attending Catholic schools (%) 75.5 70.0 48.8 52.8 1 1

Catholic primary students attending Government schools (%) 19.1 25.1 42.9 41.2 5 5

Catholic secondary students attending Catholic schools (%) 78.0 76.5 45.5 52.8 1 1

Catholic secondary students attending Government schools (%) 12.6 11.8 40.0 37.2 5 5

Primary students attending Catholic schools who are not Catholic2 (%) 9.0 8.1 25.2 24.1 5 5

Secondary students attending Catholic schools who are not Catholic2 (%) 28.0 18.8 34.4 31.5 4 4

Notes: 1. The data in this table relates to the students who live in your parish and not necessarily to the schools in your parish. Students may be attending schools outside your parish. 2. ‘Students ... who are not Catholic’ includes a small proportion whose religion was not stated in the Census.


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Tables 6, 7 & 8: Marital Status, Families & Households (for more detail see pages 13-16)In 2011, 82 per cent of Australia’s Catholics lived in a family setting, with a further nine per cent living alone. The most common type of Catholic family was a couple family with children (45 per cent of all families where at least one person was a Catholic), followed by couple families without children (35%) and one-parent families (parent Catholic, 12%).

What areas show significant change over the last five years? What might this mean? In what areas is the parish quite distinctive compared to the rest of the diocese? The rest of Australia? What possible opportunities or concerns for the parish do you see here?

Parish2011

Parish 2006

Diocese2011

Australia2011

Diocesan Group

Australian Group

Table 6

Marital Status of Catholics aged 15+33.9 241.2 40.3 34.5 1Never married (%)

46.3 44.2 48.3 49.6 3 4Married (%) 9.0 10.4 12.1 10.8 5 4Divorced or Separated (%) 3.5 5.1 5.1 5.7 5 5Widowed (%)

Table 7 Parish2011

Parish 2006

Diocese2011

Australia2011

Diocesan Group

Australian Group

Families1 in which at least one person is Catholic988 950 279,735 2,019,556 4 3Families 88 99 32,484 239,340 4 4One parent families 8.9 10.4 11.6 11.9 5 4One parent families (% of all families)

59.3 58.5 63.8 57.2 4 3Couples of mixed religion2 (%)18.5 19.0 18.4 16.2 3 2De facto couples (%)

129,940 103,263 86,922 86,401 1 1Median annual family income3 ($)

Table 8 Parish2011

Parish 2006

Diocese2011

Australia2011

Diocesan Group

Australian Group

Households4 in which at least one person is Catholic1,366 1,411 358,467 2,594,239 4 3Households

Persons living alone (aged under 35) 52 64 8,352 68,455 3 2

223 282 50,137 402,158 4 3Persons living alone (aged 35+)275 346 58,489 470,613 4 3Persons living alone (total)9.6 11.9 8.2 8.7 2 3Persons living alone (% of all Catholics)

64.1 66.1 67.9 71.4 4 4Dwellings owned or being purchased (%) Median monthly housing

loan repayment5 ($) 2,174 1,582 1,971 1,861 2 2

Notes: 1. A family is defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as two or more persons, one of whom is at least 15 years of age, who are related by blood, marriage (registered

or de facto), adoption, step or fostering, and who are usually resident in the same household. Family members who live elsewhere are not included in the Census definition. For Census purposes, a Catholic family is defined as a family in which at least one person is Catholic.

2. Married or de facto couples where only one partner is Catholic as a percentage of all couples where at least one partner is Catholic. 3. Fifty per cent of families have a higher income, fifty per cent a lower income. Family income is the sum of the incomes of all family members aged 15 and over. 4. A household can consist of one or more families, non-family groups or persons living alone. 5. Fifty per cent of households with a housing loan pay a higher repayment, fifty per cent a lower figure.


CONTENTS OF THE DETAILED PROFILE

Tables 9. Religious affiliation by age10. Age by sex11. Need for assistance and provision of unpaid assistance by age12. Registered marital status by sex and age 13. Religious affiliation of couple by social marital status14. Family composition by weekly family income 15. Weekly family income by number of dependent children16. Social marital status by number of dependent children 17. Household composition by tenure type 18. Household composition by monthly housing loan repayment19. Birthplace20. Language spoken at home by religious affiliation 21. Language spoken at home by age 22. Type of educational institution attending by religious affiliation23. Type of educational institution attending by weekly income of student’s family 24. Highest qualification attained by age and sex 25. Labour force status by age and sex 26. Occupation by age and sex 27. Occupation of parents of students attending Catholic schools

GraphsReligious affiliationAge profile ....... Age-sex profile .............................................................................................. Core need for assistance and provision of unpaid assistance by age .....Change of address since 2006 by marital status ............Weekly family Income .......................................Top 5 birthplaces of Catholics born overseas ............................Top 5 birthplaces with highest proportions of recent arrivalsLanguage background of students attending Catholic schoolsEducation participation rate .........................................Type of school being attended by Catholic students .........Labour force status by age .........Occupation .................................................................................................................................................................25

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8Coorparoo Mt Carmel Parish, Archdiocese of Brisbane, Census ID: 163029 National Catholic Census Project (A project of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference) Principal source of data: Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2006 Census of Population and Housing.

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Religious affiliation (All persons) The Census question about religion is

optional, and 9 per cent of people across Australia chose not to answer it. Note that the question is about religious identification rather than religious practice or belief.

How does the number of Catholics in the 0-9 age group compare with the number of children baptised in the parish in the period 2002-2011?

What are the largest non-Catholic religious groups? What involvement does the parish have in ecumenical and interfaith activities and programs?

What challenges to the parish are associated with the increasing number of people who report that they have no religion? 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000

Catholic

Anglican

Orthodox

Other Christian

Non Christian

No Religion

Not Stated

Persons

Table 9: Religiousaffiliation by age 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ Total

Western (Latin Rite) Catholic 462 410 433 413 450 337 163 118 68 2,854

- 3 - - 3 3 - - 9Maronite Catholic -- - - - - - - - - -Melkite Catholic- - - - - - - - - -Ukrainian Catholic- - - - - - - - - -Chaldean Catholic

462 413 433 413 453 337 166 118 68 2,863Total Catholic Per cent Catholic

(of total population in age group) 39.3 42.4 25.3 26.2 33.2 33.9 26.7 34.8 23.3 31.6

156 161 170 214 239 185 155 80 108 1,468Anglican 27 35 25 30 49 39 17 16 5 243Orthodox

130 100 188 231 204 152 127 65 64 1,261Other Christian77 20 187 127 50 17 15 6 - 499Non Christian

234 176 550 429 258 173 104 42 23 1,989No Religion91 68 161 134 113 91 38 12 24 732Not Stated

1,177 973 1,714 1,578 1,366 994 622 339 292 9,055Total Population

Notes: Since the 1996 Census, following consultation with the Eastern Catholic Bishops, Eastern Catholics have been counted separately from Western (or Latin Rite) Catholics. Catholics belonging to the Chaldean, Maronite, Melkite or Ukrainian Rites have been requested by their Bishops NOT to tick the box marked 'Catholic' on the Census form, but rather to write, for example, 'Maronite Catholic' in the space provided. Those Eastern Catholics who were unaware of this request and who ticked the 'Catholic' box are counted as Western Catholics.


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Table 10: Age by sex Males2011

Females2011

Total2011

Total 2006 Table 10 shows the number of

Catholics in this parish in 2011, by age and sex, and compares the total number of Catholics in each age group with the 2006 figure.

In 1991, the median age of Catholics in Australia was 30.7 years; by 2011, this had risen to 37.6 years.

The age profile of parishioners is important information for parishes to take into account as it plans its activities. It is also important to keep an eye on how the age profile is changing over time - is the parish becoming older, younger or staying about the same? Each of these possibilities may require different pastoral responses.

Among Australian Catholics as a whole, 52 per cent are female and 48 per cent are male. But it’s not always like this. Among Catholics aged under 25, males outnumber females, whereas females account for 59 per cent of Catholics aged 75 or more. There are also local factors, such as the presence of particular industries or the different rates of movement to the cities by young men and women, that can affect the proportion of men and women in the Catholic population of the parish. These variations also raise pastoral issues.

Take time to study the table. Are there any surprises in it? Is there anything that calls for a new or modified response from the parish? What are the major changes since 2006? Can you get a sense from the table of what the parish age profile might look like in 2016, the year of the next Census?

Age (years)17 23 40 360 22 18 40 52123 25 48 53223 34 57 51328 14 42 67423 20 43 50529 28 57 566 22 23 45 41717 29 46 46826 31 57 53926 23 49 361016 26 42 421126 16 42 3712 21 16 37 461317 30 47 561417 15 32 421521 21 42 361616 18 34 371717 28 45 3618 24 25 49 5119

118 111 229 21020-2483 123 206 17825-2996 96 192 23930-34

101 116 217 25635-39106 127 233 23840-44

97 119 216 21745-4988 106 194 15250-5465 73 138 14055-5942 51 93 7260-6429 41 70 6165-6924 36 60 6070-7424 36 60 7275-7920 48 68 9280+

1,324 1,546 2,870 2,911Total

Note: The Catholic population of the parish may be slightly different in different tables in this profile as a result of the randomisation procedure used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in carrying out its statutory obligation to protect the confidentiality of individuals. This variation in figures does not impair the value of Census data as the Census is intended to be an instrument that paints a broad picture rather than a precise measurement of a particular locality. Care should always be taken in interpreting small counts in tables.


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Age profile (Catholic population)

Age (years)

Parish in 2011Parish in 2006

-130 -120 -110 -100 -90 -80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130

Diocese in 2011

Age-sex profile (Catholic population 2011)

80+

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

131 66 0 0 66 131

Number of Catholics

Males Females


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The 2006 Census was the first to include the variable Core Activity Need for Assistance. The variable was developed to measure the number of people with a profound or severe disability. ABS defines the profound or severe disability population as: 'those people needing help or assistance in one or more of the three core activity areas of self-care, mobility and communication, because of a long-term health condition (lasting six months or more), a disability (lasting six months or more), or old age'.1

Most people who need assistance with core activities live either in a family or in a place such as a nursing home, where the care they need is provided. But many live alone. Often people with a disability have fewer opportunities for social interaction.2

How many Catholics in your parish require assistance with core activities? How many of these live alone? How many are in the younger age groups? How many of your parishioners provide unpaid assistance to people with a disability? How might the parish respond pastorally to this information?

0-14 15-44 45-64 65-74 75-84 85

and over Total Table 11: Need for assistance and provision of unpaid assistance by age

Catholics who have need forassistance with core activitiesFamily members:

Males 8 3 - 4 3 - 18Females 3 - 3 - 7 5 18

Lone Persons:Males na 3 - - 3 3 9Females na - 3 - 6 - 9

Other non-family members or persons not present in a household on Census night3

Males - - 4 - - - 4Females 3 - 6 - 3 5 17

TotalMales 8 6 4 4 6 3 31Females 6 - 12 - 16 10 44

15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65

and over Total

Catholics who provide unpaidassistance to a person with a disability4

Males 10 14 7 23 23 8 85Females 7 14 25 50 35 19 150

Persons Core need for assistance and provision of unpaid assistance by age

0-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 and over0

10

20

30

40

5060

70

Core need for assistanceProvided unpaid assistance

Age (years)

Notes: 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011. Census Dictionary Australia 2011. Catalogue No. 2901.0. 2. Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004. Australian Social Trends 2004. Catalogue No. 4102.0. 3. Among people aged 75 and over, being in hospital or a nursing home is a major reason for not being in a household on Census night. 4. The Census question asked whether the respondent had provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability in the two weeks

prior to the Census. The question is not applicable to persons aged 0-14.


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The marital status patterns of Australian Catholics have changed quite dramatically over the last two decades. At the time of the 1991 Census, 31.4 per cent of Australian Catholics aged 15 and over had never been married, 55.4 per cent were married, 7.4 per cent were separated or divorced and 5.8 per cent were widowed. By the 2011 Census, these figures were respectively 33.9 per cent, 49.6 per cent, 10.8 per cent and 5.7 per cent. There has been a substantial fall in the percentage of married Catholics and a rise in percentage of the never married and separated and divorced.

How might changes in marital status patterns affect the life of the Church in this parish? Do they result in the need for new pastoral services and programs?

The graph shows the percentage of Catholic men and women aged 15 years and older who lived in the parish at the time of the 2011 Census and who had changed address in the previous 5 years. Across Australia in 2011, 36 per cent of Catholics aged 15 and over had changed address since the previous Census, and 60 per cent of these had come from a different locality or State. (‘Locality’ in this context refers to a Statistical Local Area (SLA).)

Table 12: Registered marital status by sex and age

15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75

and over Total

Catholics aged 15 and overMales

Never married 212 124 42 17 11 - 11 417Married - 56 154 149 75 40 23 497Separated/Divorced 4 - 16 20 17 11 3 71Widowed - - - - 3 - 9 12Total 216 180 212 186 106 51 46 997

FemalesNever married 212 129 50 43 24 11 15 484Married 4 86 164 148 64 34 15 515Separated/Divorced - 6 27 34 30 14 17 128Widowed - - - 4 5 14 44 67Total 216 221 241 229 123 73 91 1,194

Change of address since 2006 by marital status (Catholics aged 15+)

%0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60

Widowed

Divorced-Separated Female

MaleMarried

Never married

Table 13: Religious affiliation of couple by social marital status

In a registeredmarriage

In a de factomarriage Total couples

Per cent couples inde facto marriage

Both persons Catholic 287 46 333 13.8One person Catholic the other non-Catholic Christian 269 50 319 15.7One Catholic, the other not Christian or NS 116 51 167 30.5Total 672 147 819 17.9


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Table 14 shows family composition by weekly family income, with the median weekly family income for each type of family shown in the last column. Couple families are divided into three categories: both partners Catholic, Catholics with non-Catholic Christian partners, and Catholics with partners identifying with other religious traditions or none. The table includes partners in registered and de facto marriages.

Couples without children include those who have never had children as well as those whose children no longer live at home.

Take time to study the table. Does it suggest that Catholic families in the parish are mostly well off, OK, or struggling financially?

How do the incomes of families with children living at home compare with those with no children living at home? How well does the parish connect with one-parent families? Note that the income of one-parent families is likely to be much lower than that of two-parent families. Are families with both parents Catholic a majority or a minority of Catholic families in your parish? What implications might this have for the way the parish connects to families?

Table 14: Family composition1 by weekly family income

Lessthan$400

$400-$799

$800-$1249

$1,250-$1,999

$2,000-$2,999

$3,000-$3,999

$4,000or more

Incomenot fullystated

Totalfamilies

MedianFamily

Income2 ($)

Two parent families with children at home: Both parents

Catholic 3 6 3 34 55 58 31 12 202 2,890One parent Catholic,

the other Christian, but not Catholic - 3 4 22 71 61 39 10 210 3,008

One parent Catholic the other Non-Christian, No Religion or Not Stated - - 3 6 25 28 13 6 81 3,125

Couple with no children living at home:

Both Catholic 4 19 21 24 32 13 14 4 131 1,859One person Catholic,

the other Christian, but not Catholic - 6 15 23 30 21 10 4 109 2,283

One person Catholic, the other Non-Christian, No Religion or Not Stated - 8 6 17 30 16 9 - 86 2,400

One parent family -parent is Catholic 4 21 19 17 14 - - 13 88 1,095

Other families where at least one person is Catholic - 6 9 14 19 - - - 48 1,732

Other - spouse temporarily absent3 - - - - - - - 33 33 -

Total 11 69 80 276 157 197 116 82 988 2,492

Notes: 1. A family is defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as two or more persons, one of whom is at least 15 years of age, who are related by blood, marriage (registered

or de facto), adoption, step or fostering, and who are usually resident in the same household. Family members who live elsewhere are not included in the Census definition. For Census purposes, a Catholic family is defined as a family in which at least one person is Catholic.

2. Median family income: fifty percent of families have a higher income, fifty percent a lower income. Family income is the sum of the incomes of all family members aged 15 and over.

3. This category refers to families with a Catholic reference person whose spouse is temporarily absent. The religious affiliation of a temporarily absent spouse is not recorded, hence families in this category could belong to any one of the first six categories above.


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Table 15: Weekly family income by number of dependent children

0 dependentchildren

1 dependentchild

2 dependentchildren

3 dependentchildren

4 ormore Total

Less than $400 4 - 7 - - 11$400-$799 44 9 10 6 - 69$800-$1,249 54 16 10 - - 80$1,250-$1,999 84 38 27 5 3 157$2,000-$2,999 124 45 63 36 8 276$3,000-$3,999 61 40 63 27 6 197$4,000 or more 41 23 32 17 3 116Income not fully stated 34 17 16 12 3 82Total Families 446 188 228 103 23 988Median Family Income ($) $2,161 $2,500 $2,825 $2,957 $2,874 $2,492

Table population: Catholic families. Note that dependent children include all children aged 0-14 and dependent students aged 15-24.

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28

Weekly family income (Catholic families)

$4,000or more

$3,000$3,999

$2,000$2,999

$1,250$1,999

Parish in 2011

Diocese in 2011$800

$1,249

$400$799

Less than$400

Income notfully stated

Percent of Catholic families

Table 16: Social marital status by number of dependent children

0 dependentchildren

1 dependentchild

2 dependentchildren

3 dependentchildren

4 ormore Total

Family CompositionMarried couple family(at least one partner Catholic) 254 135 193 89 23 694De facto couple family(at least one partner Catholic) 130 15 13 - - 158

One parent family, parent Catholic 30 29 22 7 - 88Other families where at least one person is Catholic 32 9 - 7 - 48

Total families 446 188 228 103 23 988


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The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines a household as one or more persons, at least one of whom is at least 15 years of age, usually resident in the same private dwelling.1 Non-private dwellings such as motels, guest houses, prisons, religious institutions and nursing homes are not included in household statistics. A household can consist of one or more families, non-family groups or persons living alone.

The figures on this page refer to households in which at least one person is Catholic.2

There were 8,182,600 households in Australia in 2011. At least one Catholic person lived in 2,594,200 households, or 32 per cent of all households. Seventy-eight per cent of these Catholic households were family households and, of the Catholic family households, 76 per cent were occupied dwellings that were owned or being purchased.

What is the current housing situation in this parish? For example, is there a sufficient stock of rental properties available? Are there areas with large numbers of new houses? Are families under stress to pay rent or meet mortgage repayments? What aspects of the parish’s pastoral strategies relate to housing issues?

Fully ownedor being

purchased

Rentedfrom Stateor Territory

Housing Authority

Rented from other landlord, or landlord not

stated

Other households

Total households

Percentowned or

being purchased

Table 17: Household composition bytenure type

Family households 699 10 264 15 988 70.7Lone person aged under 35 years 27 - 25 - 52 51.9Lone person aged 35 years or over 129 22 64 8 223 57.8Group households 21 - 73 9 103 20.4Total households 876 32 426 32 1,366 64.1

$1-$449

$450-$999

$1,000-$1,599

$1,600-$2,199

$2,200-$2,599

$2,600or more

Median monthly

household loan

repayment

Table 18: Household composition by monthly housing loan repayment

Family households 20 38 64 86 42 206 2,390Lone person aged under 35 years 3 - 3 9 - 6 1,900Lone person aged 35 years or over 3 11 15 11 - 6 1,359Group households - - 6 3 3 - 1,699Total households 26 49 88 109 45 218 2,174

Notes: 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011. Census Dictionary Australia 2011. Catalogue No. 2901.0. 2. For Census purposes, a Catholic household is any household in which at least one person is Catholic.


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Table 19: Birthplace AllCatholics

% ofCatholics

% recentarrivals1Catholics born overseas, especially those

born in non-English speaking countries, are likely to have different approaches to faith and spirituality, and different experiences and expectations of Church life, from those of Catholics born in Australia.

What are the major groups of overseas-born Catholics in your parish?

What difference does their presence make to the parish?

How might the parish better connect with those who have only recently arrived?

Birthplace Australia 2,415 84.2 -New Zealand 63 2.2 20.6United Kingdom (except

Northern Ireland) 72 2.5 12.5Ireland (including

Northern Ireland) 32 1.1 18.8Italy 13 0.5 -Malta - - -Netherlands 3 0.1 -Germany 3 0.1 -Austria 3 0.1 -Croatia and other

Former Yugoslavia 5 0.2 -Poland 10 0.3 -Hungary 14 0.5 50.0

Top 5 birthplaces of Catholics born overseas Other Eastern Europe, Russian Federation & Baltic States 9 0.3 -

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

Other Europe 19 0.7 -Vietnam 3 0.1 -Philippines 44 1.5 22.7Indonesia 3 0.1 -Malaysia - - -Other South East Asia - - -India 18 0.6 16.7Sri Lanka 12 0.4 -

United Kingdom Chinese Asia including Hong Kong and Taiwan New Zealand 3 0.1 -

Korea, Republic of (South)

Philippines6 0.2 -Central America & Other Sth America

Egypt - - -Ireland (Including Northern Ireland)Lebanon 3 0.1 -Iraq - - -

Top 5 birthplaces with highest proportions of recent arrivals

Other Mid East & North Africa 12 0.4 -

0 10 20 30 40 50

South Africa 12 0.4 -Mauritius - - -North America 15 0.5 -Chile 6 0.2 50.0Central America & other

South America 34 1.2 29.4Other 26 0.9 11.5ID/At Sea/NEC/NS2 11 0.4 -Total 2,869 100.0 2.2Hungary

Chile

Central America & Other Sth America

Philippines

New Zealand

Notes: 1. % recent arrivals = the percentage of Catholics who were born in the named country and who arrived in Australia between 2008 and 2011 inclusive. 2. ID = Inadequately Described; NEC = Not Elsewhere Classified; NS = Not Stated.


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In 2011, 19 per cent of Australia’s Catholics spoke a language other than English at home, and three per cent were not proficient in English. People who don’t speak English well can face practical problems in education, employment and access to services. On the other hand, it is important to many people from a non-English speaking background to maintain and promote, for reasons of cultural continuity and identity, the use of their home language.1

How many Catholics in this parish speak a language other than English at home? How many have difficulty with English? Difficulty in speaking English can affect how well a person can participate in parish life.

Does this parish need to review the pastoral support it offers to parishioners who do not speak English well in relation to for example, prayer and liturgy, inclusiveness in parish events, translation of written material, and access to priests and other pastoral ministers who speak their language?

Table 20: Language spoken at home by religious affiliation

Catholic Not Catholic

(or not stated) All persons % Catholics among

speakers2

English only 2,621 4,976 7,597 34.5Italian 37 7 44 84.1Maltese - - - -Spanish 36 8 44 81.8Croatian 4 - 4 100.0Polish 14 - 14 100.0Dutch 3 10 13 23.1French 10 14 24 41.7German 3 17 20 15.0Portuguese 11 4 15 73.3Hungarian 15 10 25 60.0Ukrainian - - - -Vietnamese 5 13 18 27.8Filipino languages 31 10 41 75.6Chinese languages 13 89 102 12.7Korean 3 20 23 13.0Indonesian & Malay 8 11 19 42.1Arabic 13 22 35 37.1Assyrian3 - - - -Oceanic & Papuan languages - 21 21 -Australian Indigenous languages - 6 6 -Other European languages 14 195 209 6.7Other Asian languages 14 296 310 4.5Other languages 12 72 84 14.3ID/Non-Verbal/NS4 3 380 383 0.8Total 2,870 6,181 9,051 31.7

Notes: 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics 1999. Australian Social Trends 1999. Catalogue No. 4102.0, p.11. 2. The percentage of Catholics among the speakers of these languages in the parish. 3. Also called Chaldean. The language of Catholics from Iraq. 4. NS = Not Stated; ID = Inadequately Described.


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Why does the proportion of people not speaking English well vary for different languages spoken at home? Part of the explanation lies in differences in average period of residence of the various language groups. Another factor is ‘cultural distance’: the more people from a particular culture share the customs, beliefs and lifestyles with the majority Australian culture, the easier it will be for them to overcome language barriers. A third factor is the size of the language group and the pattern of settlement. The concentration of large numbers of speakers in a region tends to reinforce the use of that language.1

What are the most commonly spoken languages other than English among the Catholics of this parish? Are speakers of some languages more likely than others to have difficulty with English? Can you see the influence of the three factors outlined above reflected in the figures on this page?

0-4 5-11 12-19 20-29 30-49 50-64 65 and over

Total % who do not speak

English well

Table 21: Language spoken at home by age

English only 205 324 304 393 775 392 228 2,621 -Italian 3 - - 3 12 8 11 37 16.2Maltese - - - - - - - - -Spanish 3 - - 4 14 7 8 36 25.0Croatian - - - - 4 - - 4 -Polish 5 - - 5 - 4 - 14 -Dutch - - - - - 3 - 3 -French - - 3 - 3 4 - 10 -German - - - - - - 3 3 -Portuguese - 3 - 5 3 - - 11 -Hungarian - - 3 3 3 6 - 15 40.0Ukrainian - - - - - - - - -Vietnamese - - - 5 - - - 5 -Filipino languages - - 3 6 14 8 - 31 -Chinese languages - - - 5 8 - - 13 -Korean - - - - 3 - - 3 -Indonesian & Malay - - 5 3 - - - 8 -Arabic - 4 - - 6 - 3 13 -Assyrian2 - - - - - - - - -Oceanic &

Papuan languages - - - - - - - - -Australian Indigenous

languages - - - - - - - - -Other European languages - - - - 10 - 4 14 21.4Other Asian languages - - - - 10 - 4 14 -Other languages - - 3 3 6 - - 12 -ID/Non-Verbal/NS3 3 - - - - - - 3 -Total 219 331 321 435 871 432 261 2,870 0.8

Notes: 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics 1999. Australian Social Trends 1999. Catalogue No. 4102.0, p.12-13. 2. Also called Chaldean. The language of Catholics from Iraq. 3. NS = Not Stated; ID = Inadequately Described.


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According to the 2011 Census, more than 666,000 Australians attended Catholic schools, accounting for almost 22 per cent of all school students in Australia.

In 2011, there were 914,000 Catholic students - almost one in six of all Catholics - attending government, Catholic, and other non-Government schools. They constitute a very large sub-group of Australian Catholics, considerably larger than the 662,000 or so who attend Mass every Sunday. A further 330,000 Catholics were involved in some form of post-secondary education. The Church of today, not just of tomorrow, is being shaped by the attitudes, beliefs and lifestyles of these young people.

How does the parish connect with Catholic students at primary, secondary and tertiary level, especially those not attending Catholic schools?

Table 22: Type of educational institutionattending by religious affiliation

Catholic Not Catholic or not stated

Allpersons % Catholic

Infants/Primary - Government 64 331 395 16.2Infants/Primary - Catholic 253 25 278 91.0Infants/Primary - Other non-Government 18 44 62 29.0Secondary - Government 24 87 111 21.6Secondary - Catholic 149 58 207 72.0Secondary - Other non-Government 18 103 121 14.9Technical or Further Educational Institution

(including TAFE Colleges) 51 120 171 29.8University or other Tertiary Institutions 219 489 708 30.9Other (including pre-school) 60 134 194 30.9Not stated/Not applicable1 2,014 4,798 6,812 29.6Total 2,870 6,189 9,059 31.7

Language background of students attending Catholic schools

Education participation rate (Catholics aged 15-24)

56%

1%

39%

3%

%0 20 40 60 80 100

20-24

18-19

Primary school students who speak only English at home

15-17

Primary school students who speak a language other than English at home

Secondary school students who speak only English at home

Females Secondary school students who speak a language other than English at home Males

Notes: 1. This table includes the total population of the parish and so there are high numbers for whom the question about type of educational institutions being attended is not

applicable.


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Table 23: Type of educational institution attending by weeklyincome of student’s family1

Median Annual Family

Income3 ($)

Less than$400

$400-$799

$800-$1,249

$1,250-$1,999

$2,000-$2,999

$3,000-$3,999

$4,000 or more

Total2

Infants/Primary -Government 3 4 4 12 25 9 3 63 118,871

Infants/Primary - Catholic 6 5 3 21 88 71 44 248 154,009Infants/Primary - Other

non-Government 3 - - - 3 - 3 12 130,331Secondary - Government - 3 - 6 3 9 3 30 159,296Secondary - Catholic - 6 6 15 36 41 23 146 157,064Secondary - Other

non-Government - - - - - 6 9 21 208,571TAFE, university or other

tertiary institution - - - 8 15 26 21 84 180,470Other (includes pre-school) - - 3 - 3 3 - 9 130,331NS/NA4 - - - 3 - 15 6 31 187,683Total 12 18 16 65 173 180 112 644 157,586

Table population: Catholic children aged 5-14 and Catholic dependent students aged 15-24

%0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90

Type of school being attended by Catholic students

Primary

Secondary

Catholic

Government

Other non-government

Notes: 1. Because the population of this table is dependent children aged 5-14 and dependent students aged 15-24, the figures in the table refer to individuals, not families. The

table shows, for example, the number of Catholic students attending Catholic primary schools whose families have a weekly income in the range $1,250-$1,999. A brother and sister at the same school would account for TWO of the cases in this category.

2. A column of figures for “Family income not fully stated” has been omitted from the table, but the missing figures are included in the Total column. 3. Family income is the sum of the incomes of all family members aged 15 and over. (Refer to the definition of family on page 7) 4. NS = Not Stated; NA = Not applicable.


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Both the percentage of Catholics with university degrees and the gender balance of Catholics with degrees have changed dramatically in recent decades due to the upsurge in young people, especially women, undertaking tertiary study and the upgrading of courses such as nursing to degree status. In 1991, less than 7 per cent of Australian Catholics aged 15 or more had a degree; by 2011, that figure had reached 18 per cent. Among Catholics aged 15 to 34 years in 2011, 22.5 per cent of women had a degree compared to 13.9 per cent of men. In contrast, among Catholics aged 55 and over, 11.3 per cent of men and 10.5 per cent of women had degrees.

To what extent has participation in higher education in theology and related fields kept pace in this parish with participation in higher education in general? What new challenges and opportunities are presented to the parish as a result of the increase in the number of Catholics with a university education? The increased level of participation in higher education by women is a reflection of significant changes in women’s roles and responsibilities in society.1 How have women’s roles and responsibilities in the parish changed in the last two decades?

Table 24: Highest qualification attained by age and sex

15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 andover Total

Catholics aged 15+Males

Postgraduate degree - 8 32 26 16 11 93Graduate diploma/

bachelor degree 27 66 77 66 24 23 283Advanced diploma or

diploma level - 21 27 15 9 15 87Certificate level 23 41 36 28 17 15 160NS/NA/ID2 165 48 34 51 44 31 373Total 215 184 206 186 110 95 996Per cent with degree or higher 12.6 40.2 52.9 49.5 36.4 35.8 37.8

FemalesPostgraduate degree - 6 22 24 8 3 63Graduate diploma/


diploma level 3 21 32 37 19 23 135Certificate level 6 24 21 15 18 4 88NS/NA/ID2 171 31 49 75 50 109 485Total 214 221 246 227 128 159 1,195Per cent with degree or higher 15.9 65.6 58.5 44.1 32.0 14.5 40.8

All CatholicsPostgraduate degree - 14 54 50 24 14 156Graduate diploma/


diploma level 3 42 59 52 28 38 222Certificate level 29 65 57 43 35 19 248NS/NA/ID2 336 79 83 126 94 140 858Total 429 405 452 413 238 254 2,191Per cent with degree or higher 14.2 54.1 56.0 46.5 34.0 22.4 39.4

Notes: 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics 1999. Australian Social Trends 1999. Catalogue No. 4102.0, p.83. 2. NS = Not Stated; NA = Not Applicable; ID = Inadequately Described.


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Employer

Employee

Unemployed

Not in labour force

In recent years there have been many changes in society and the workplace that have affected Australian workers. One major change has been the increase in the percentage of workers, especially young people and women, in part-time jobs. Another has been the rise in participation in the labour force by women. A third major change has been the rise in participation in the labour force by older workers, following the removal of incentives to early retirement and resulting in the continuing availability of their skills, experience and maturity in the work place.1

Changes in labour force participation also influence the availability and size of the volunteer workforce, and can both reduce and change the pattern of workers’ leisure time. Have any of the changes described above had a noticeable impact on Catholic life in this parish?

Table 25: Labour force status by age and sex 15-24 25-44 45-64

65 andover Total


Employer 8 66 69 3 146Employee 139 298 178 18 633Unemployed 19 6 - 5 30Not in the labour force 51 19 34 70 174Other/NS/NA2 - 3 7 - 10Total 217 392 288 96 993Per cent in labour force3 76.5 94.4 85.8 27.1 81.5Per cent unemployed4 11.4 1.6 - 19.2 3.7

FemalesEmployer - 28 33 4 65

Employee 150 353 254 15 772Unemployed 16 12 - - 28Not in the labour force 48 63 58 138 307Other/NS/NA2 - 10 9 3 22Total 214 466 354 160 1,194Per cent in labour force3 77.6 84.3 81.1 11.9 72.4Per cent unemployed4 9.6 3.1 - - 3.2

15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+

%

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Labour force status by age (Percentage of all Catholics aged 15+)

Notes: 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004. Australian Social Trends 2004. Catalogue No. 4102.0, p.115. 2. NS = Not Stated; NA = Not Applicable. 3. The percentage of Catholics in each age group who are in the labour force (i.e. employed or seeking employment). 4. The percentage of Catholics in each age group who were in the labour force and were unemployed at the time of the Census.


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Catholic women are more likely to be employed as managers or professionals; 34 per cent of Catholic women and 32 per cent of Catholic men who reported their occupation in the 2011 Census worked as managers or professionals. But men were much more likely than women - 48 per cent compared to 13 per cent - to have a ‘blue collar’ occupation. The largest occupational category for Catholic men in Australia is Technicians and Trade Workers. For women, it is Clerical and Administrative Workers.

Table 26: Occupation by age and sex 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 andover Total


Managers 5 20 58 36 17 - 136Professionals 16 58 76 63 25 16 254Technicians & Trade Workers 38 34 20 16 6 - 114Community & Personal

Service Workers 17 12 14 9 3 - 55Clerical & Administrative Workers 18 18 11 22 6 - 75Sales Workers 19 9 7 11 6 - 52Machinery Operators & Drivers - 6 - 10 7 - 23Labourers 26 10 3 - 9 3 51ID/NS/NA1 76 17 17 19 31 76 236Total 215 184 206 186 110 95 996Per cent Managers & professionals2 15.1 46.7 70.9 59.3 53.2 84.2 51.3Per cent ‘blue collar’ workers2 46.0 29.9 12.2 15.6 27.8 15.8 24.7

FemalesManagers 9 12 21 24 9 - 75Professionals 25 112 99 84 33 4 357Technicians & Trade Workers - 6 6 6 3 - 21Community & Personal

Service Workers 30 20 12 19 9 6 96Clerical & Administrative Workers 34 33 39 52 24 7 189Sales Workers 46 6 13 7 7 - 79Machinery Operators & Drivers 3 - - - - - 3Labourers 3 6 3 6 6 3 27ID/NS/NA1 64 26 53 29 37 139 348Total 214 221 246 227 128 159 1,195Per cent Managers & professionals2 22.7 63.6 62.2 54.5 46.2 20.0 51.0Per cent ‘blue collar’ workers2 4.0 6.2 4.7 6.1 9.9 15.0 6.0

All CatholicsManagers 14 32 79 60 26 - 211Professionals 41 170 175 147 58 20 611Technicians & Trade Workers 38 40 26 22 9 - 135Community & Personal

Service Workers 47 32 26 28 12 6 151Clerical & Administrative Workers 52 51 50 74 30 7 264Sales Workers 65 15 20 18 13 - 131Machinery Operators & Drivers 3 6 - 10 7 - 26Labourers 29 16 6 6 15 6 78ID/NS/NA1 140 43 70 48 68 215 584Total 429 405 452 413 238 254 2,191Per cent Managers & professionals2 19.0 55.8 66.5 56.7 49.4 51.3 51.2Per cent ‘blue collar’ workers2 24.2 17.1 8.4 10.4 18.2 15.4 14.9

Notes: 1. NS = Not Stated; NA = Not Applicable; ID = Inadequately Described. 2. See Notes 1 and 2 on page 5 for the type of occupations covered by the terms ‘Managers and professionals’ and ‘blue collar’.


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Occupation, like qualifications, is an indicator of socio-economic status. It can also indicate the types of skills and interests that parishioners have.

What are the major occupations of male and female Catholics in this parish? What do you think accounts for differences in occupation between the sexes?What are the major occupations of younger people? Middle-aged people? Older people? What do you think accounts for differences in occupation between the different age groups?Are there any figures that strike you as being unexpectedly large or small? How can this information help the parish connect more effectively with parishioners?

PrimarySchool

SecondarySchool

Table 27: Occupation of parents of students attending Catholic schools

Parental occupationBoth parents in professional occupations 42 35One parent or lone parent in professional occupation 131 84Both parents in ‘white collar’ occupations 37 33One parent or lone parent in ‘white collar’ occupation 40 28Both parents in ‘blue collar’ occupation - 3"One parent or lone parent in ‘blue collar’ occupation - 3Not applicable and not stated 24 20Total 274 206

% with professional parent(s) 63.1 57.8% with blue collar parent(s) - 2.9

%0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Occupation (Catholics aged 15+ with an occupation)

Managers

Professionals

Technicians &Trade Workers

Community & Personal Service Workers

Clerical and Administrative Workers

Sales Workers

Machinery Operators and Drivers

Labourers

Parish in 2011

Diocese in 2011


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