Cowley Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 220 people in Cowley Beach of these 57.7% were male and 42.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Cowley Beach was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Cowley Beach aged 15 years and over, 56.2% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cowley Beach was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Cowley Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cowley Beach was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Cowley Beach 16.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.1% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cowley Beach were Australian 28.0%, English 24.0%, Italian 18.2%, Irish 9.1% and Scottish 7.1%.

In Cowley Beach, 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.1%, Italy 1.8%, England 1.4%, India 1.4% and Papua New Guinea 1.4%.

In Cowley Beach, 63.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cowley Beach were Catholic 48.9%, No Religion 15.5%, Anglican 13.7%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Seventh-day Adventist 2.7%.

In Cowley Beach 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 6.8%, Romanian 1.4% and Malay 1.4%.

Employment

There were 133 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cowley Beach. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 22.6% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cowley Beach, 4.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cowley Beach was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 25 years.

The most common occupations in Cowley Beach included Managers 29.6%, Professionals 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Labourers 13.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 5.6% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Cowley Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 13.5%, Other Crop Growing 9.5%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.8%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.0% and Road Freight Transport 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cowley Beach was $533.

In Cowley Beach, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 56.0%, Walked only 8.8%, Bus 4.8% and Car, as passenger 3.2%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cowley Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Cowley Beach, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cowley Beach, 35.4% were couple families with children, 55.4% were couple families without children and 4.6% were one parent families.

In Cowley Beach 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cowley Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Cowley Beach, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 22.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cowley Beach, 69.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cowley Beach, 92.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.7% were other dwellings.

In Cowley Beach, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 21.1% had 2 bedrooms and 58.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cowley Beach, 46.1% were owned outright, 25.8% were owned with a mortgage and 28.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Cowley Beach, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 25.8% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Cowley Beach, 36.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Cowley Beach, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cowley Beach, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 7 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Cowley Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Cowley Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.