Cooma-Monaro (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 9,453 people were counted in Cooma-Monaro (A): of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Of the total population 0.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooma-Monaro (A) there were 2,357 children aged 0-14 years and 2,315 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooma-Monaro (A), 8,612 people were Australian citizens, 1,307 were born overseas and 41 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooma-Monaro (A), 54.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.0% were separated or divorced, 7.5% were widowed and 27.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Cooma-Monaro (A), 80.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Cooma-Monaro (A) were England 3.2%, Germany 1.6%, New Zealand 1.3%, Italy 0.9% and Netherlands 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Cooma-Monaro (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 33.1%, Anglican 25.8%, No Religion 11.3%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooma-Monaro (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 1.2%, Italian 1.0%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.4%, Greek 0.4% and Netherlandic 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 88.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,332 people aged 15 years and over in Cooma-Monaro (A) were in the labour force. Of these 59.0% worked full-time, 32.3% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.5% were unemployed. 2,408 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooma-Monaro (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.5%, Associate Professionals 7.3%, Managers and Administrators 6.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Cooma-Monaro (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 5.0%, Business Services 4.8%, Food Retailing 4.0%, Education 3.9% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Cooma-Monaro (A), 2,388 families were counted: of these, 40.9% were couple families without children, 44.3% were couple families with children, 14.1% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Cooma-Monaro (A), 3,592 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Cooma-Monaro (A), 89.8% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooma-Monaro (A), 46.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.3% were being purchased and 22.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooma-Monaro (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 14.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Cooma-Monaro (A), 66.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.6% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.