Coffs Harbour (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 61,186 people were counted in Coffs Harbour (C): of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 3.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Coffs Harbour (C) there were 13,181 children aged 0-14 years and 16,348 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Coffs Harbour (C), 56,358 people were Australian citizens, 6,875 were born overseas and 449 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Coffs Harbour (C), 52.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.6% were separated or divorced, 7.1% were widowed and 26.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Coffs Harbour (C), 83.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Coffs Harbour (C) were England 3.9%, New Zealand 1.3%, India 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Coffs Harbour (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 28.9%, Catholic 23.2%, No Religion 14.5%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Coffs Harbour (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Punjabi 1.0%, German 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 25,739 people aged 15 years and over in Coffs Harbour (C) were in the labour force. Of these 48.5% worked full-time, 36.0% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.1% were unemployed. 20,581 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Coffs Harbour (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.3%, Professionals 7.2%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 3.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Coffs Harbour (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9%, Education 3.7%, Health Services 3.5% and Food Retailing 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Coffs Harbour (C), 16,247 families were counted: of these, 40.0% were couple families without children, 40.6% were couple families with children, 18.4% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Coffs Harbour (C), 23,656 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Coffs Harbour (C), 71.0% were separate houses, 10.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.4% were flats, units or apartments and 5.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Coffs Harbour (C), 41.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.8% were being purchased and 30.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Coffs Harbour (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Coffs Harbour (C), 67.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.1% were single (or lone) person households and 3.2% were group households.