On Census Night, 7 August 2001, there were 11300 people (5593 males and 5707 females) counted in Young. This represents an increase of 254 people (2.3%) since the 1996 Census, and an increase of 613 people (5.7%) since the 1991 Census.
There were 238 people (2.1%) (127 males and 111 females) who identified as being of Indigenous origin in the 2001 Census.
The median age of people in the 2001 Census was 36 years.
The number of people born overseas in the 2001 Census was 650 (5.8%) compared with 589 (5.3%) in the 1996 Census and 549 (5.1%) in the 1991 Census. Of those born overseas, the three main countries of birth in the 2001 Census were:
United Kingdom: 253 (2.2%) New Zealand: 74 (0.7%) and; Netherlands: 34 (0.3%).
In the 2001 Census, the three most common ancestries identified with were:
Australian: 5741 people (50.9%) English: 4022 people (35.7%) and; Irish: 1309 people (11.6%).
English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 10547 people (93.6%) in the 2001 Census. The three most common languages spoken at home other than English in the 2001 Census were:
Arabic (including Lebanese): 94 (0.8%) Netherlandic: 24 (0.2%) and; Chinese languages: 20 (0.2%).
In the week preceding the 2001 Census, 3333 people (29.6%) had used a personal computer at home. 407 (4.8%) people (154 males and 253 females) held a bachelor degree. 6140 (72.1%) people (2775 males and 3365 females) did not have a qualification. 349 people (194 males and 155 females) were unemployed, representing 7.1% of the labour force. The median weekly individual income for people aged 15 years and over in the 2001 Census was $300-$399.
In the 2001 Census, there were 3847 separate houses (89.0%), 141 semi detached, row or terrace houses and townhouses (3.3%), 227 flats, units or apartments (5.3%) and 97 other dwellings (2.2%).
In the 2001 Census, there were 1378 couple families with children (which comprised 45.6% of all families in occupied private dwellings), 1149 couple families without children (38.1%), 445 one parent families (14.7%) and 47 other families (1.6%).