Cowra

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,691 people were counted in Cowra: of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Of the total population 6.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Cowra there were 2,002 children aged 0-14 years and 2,423 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Cowra, 8,162 people were Australian citizens, 474 were born overseas and 29 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Cowra, 52.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 9.6% were widowed and 27.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Cowra, 89.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Cowra were England 1.4%, New Zealand 0.6%, Germany 0.4%, Scotland 0.4% and Netherlands 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Cowra on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 34.8%, Anglican 31.6%, Presbyterian & Reformed 6.4%, No Religion 6.1% and Uniting Church 5.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Cowra, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Japanese 0.2%, Croatian 0.2% and German 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,557 people aged 15 years and over in Cowra were in the labour force. Of these 58.2% worked full-time, 30.8% worked part-time, 3.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.6% were unemployed. 2,859 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Cowra, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 8.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.8%, Professionals 6.0%, Associate Professionals 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.0%, Managers and Administrators 3.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Cowra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 3.7%, Agriculture 3.7%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 3.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3% and Education 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Cowra, 2,293 families were counted: of these, 39.8% were couple families without children, 42.2% were couple families with children, 16.5% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Cowra, 3,347 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Cowra, 87.3% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Cowra, 45.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.1% were being purchased and 27.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Cowra, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 37.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 27.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Cowra, 67.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.