Copper Coast (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,949 people in Copper Coast (DC) of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Copper Coast (DC) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.3% of the population.

Of people in Copper Coast (DC) aged 15 years and over, 53.5% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Copper Coast (DC) was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Copper Coast (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Copper Coast (DC) was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Copper Coast (DC) 22.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 10.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Copper Coast (DC) were English 36.0%, Australian 35.5%, German 6.1%, Scottish 6.0% and Irish 5.5%.

In Copper Coast (DC), 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, Netherlands 0.5%, Scotland 0.5%, New Zealand 0.5% and Germany 0.3%.

In Copper Coast (DC), 78.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Copper Coast (DC) were No Religion 29.2%, Uniting Church 23.2%, Catholic 12.7%, Anglican 12.4% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Copper Coast (DC) 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, German 0.1% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 5,185 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Copper Coast (DC). Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 35.6% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Copper Coast (DC), 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Copper Coast (DC) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Copper Coast (DC) included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Labourers 14.5%, Managers 13.2%, Professionals 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Copper Coast (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.4% and Residential Care Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Copper Coast (DC) was $398.

In Copper Coast (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.4%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 4.9%, Truck 1.5% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Copper Coast (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.1% 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 Copper Coast (DC), 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Copper Coast (DC), 31.5% were couple families with children, 52.5% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Copper Coast (DC) 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Copper Coast (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,710 and those without children was $1,545.

Employment status of couple families

In Copper Coast (DC), of couple families with children, 11.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Copper Coast (DC), 68.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Copper Coast (DC), 92.7% were separate houses, 4.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Copper Coast (DC), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.5% had 2 bedrooms and 52.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Copper Coast (DC), 43.5% were owned outright, 27.0% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Copper Coast (DC), of all households, 68.2% were family households, 29.4% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Copper Coast (DC), 39.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Copper Coast (DC), 39.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Copper Coast (DC), there were 271 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 140 (or 51.7%) were male and 131 (or 48.3%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Copper Coast (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $768.

In Copper Coast (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $932.