The Coorong (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,525 people in The Coorong (DC) of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.0% of the population.

The median age of people in The Coorong (DC) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in The Coorong (DC) aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Coorong (DC) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In The Coorong (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Coorong (DC) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In The Coorong (DC) 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.9% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Coorong (DC) were Australian 32.1%, English 31.1%, German 10.0%, Scottish 5.9% and Irish 5.0%.

In The Coorong (DC), 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 0.7%, Germany 0.7%, Netherlands 0.6% and Scotland 0.4%.

In The Coorong (DC), 81.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Coorong (DC) were No Religion 24.9%, Uniting Church 17.9%, Anglican 12.4%, Catholic 11.6% and Lutheran 10.6%.

In The Coorong (DC) 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Ngarrindjeri 1.3%, German 0.4%, Italian 0.2%, Dutch 0.2% and Tagalog 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,579 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Coorong (DC). Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Coorong (DC), 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Coorong (DC) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in The Coorong (DC) included Managers 33.4%, Labourers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.2%, Professionals 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5% and Sales Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in The Coorong (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 25.4%, School Education 4.7%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.2% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Coorong (DC) was $427.

In The Coorong (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.5%, Walked only 9.2%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Truck 1.8% and Other 1.5%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Coorong (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.3% 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 The Coorong (DC), 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Coorong (DC), 38.3% were couple families with children, 47.9% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In The Coorong (DC) 28.8% of single parents were male and 71.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Coorong (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,436 and those without children was $1,331.

Employment status of couple families

In The Coorong (DC), of couple families with children, 18.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Coorong (DC), 76.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Coorong (DC), 94.6% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In The Coorong (DC), of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 13.6% had 2 bedrooms and 58.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Coorong (DC), 42.2% were owned outright, 28.4% were owned with a mortgage and 24.0% were rented.

Household composition

In The Coorong (DC), of all households, 69.3% were family households, 28.2% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In The Coorong (DC), 36.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 The Coorong (DC), 30.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Coorong (DC), there were 332 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 157 (or 47.3%) were male and 175 (or 52.7%) 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 The Coorong (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $688.

In The Coorong (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $115 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.