Coolangatta

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,192 people in Coolangatta of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Coolangatta was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.3% of the population.

Of people in Coolangatta aged 15 years and over, 34.7% were married and 19.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coolangatta was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Coolangatta, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coolangatta was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Coolangatta 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.2% were in primary school, 7.8% in secondary school and 23.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coolangatta were English 29.5%, Australian 24.3%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 8.2% and German 3.4%.

In Coolangatta, 67.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.7%, England 4.4%, Scotland 1.0%, Philippines 0.9% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Coolangatta, 61.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coolangatta were Catholic 24.4%, No Religion 21.5%, Anglican 19.9%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Coolangatta 82.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 0.6%, French 0.5%, Portuguese 0.5%, German 0.5% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,313 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coolangatta. Of these 51.4% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 11.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coolangatta, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coolangatta was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Coolangatta included Professionals 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Labourers 11.4%, Managers 10.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Coolangatta, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Accommodation 5.7%, Hospitals 3.7%, School Education 3.6% and Residential Care Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coolangatta was $498.

In Coolangatta, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.0%, Walked only 8.0%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Bus 3.1% and Bicycle 1.9%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coolangatta, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.5% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Coolangatta, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coolangatta, 19.4% were couple families with children, 59.2% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Coolangatta 24.5% of single parents were male and 75.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coolangatta, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,961 and those without children was $1,726.

Employment status of couple families

In Coolangatta, of couple families with children, 14.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coolangatta, 76.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coolangatta, 15.9% were separate houses, 8.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 72.2% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

In Coolangatta, of occupied private dwellings 14.2% had 1 bedroom, 55.1% had 2 bedrooms and 21.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coolangatta, 30.6% were owned outright, 14.2% were owned with a mortgage and 51.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Coolangatta, of all households, 48.1% were family households, 43.1% were single person households and 8.8% were group households.

In Coolangatta, 36.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Coolangatta, 48.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coolangatta, there were 107 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 54 (or 50.5%) were male and 53 (or 49.5%) were female. The median age was 22 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Coolangatta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In Coolangatta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.