Cobaki

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 225 people in Cobaki of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Cobaki was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Cobaki aged 15 years and over, 48.9% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cobaki was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Cobaki, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cobaki was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Cobaki 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.4% were in primary school, 39.2% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cobaki were Australian 35.7%, English 29.3%, Irish 11.8%, Scottish 8.4% and Italian 3.4%.

In Cobaki, 89.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.2%, England 1.3% and Scotland 1.3%.

In Cobaki, 78.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cobaki were Catholic 30.8%, Anglican 20.7%, No Religion 16.7%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Cobaki 96.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.8% and Mandarin 1.8%.

Employment

There were 127 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cobaki. Of these 46.5% were employed full time, 40.9% were employed part-time and 10.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cobaki, 19.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cobaki was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Cobaki included Professionals 14.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Managers 13.8%, Sales Workers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Labourers 12.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Cobaki, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, School Education 5.2%, Cement, Lime, Plaster and Concrete Product Manufacturing 4.3%, Building Installation Services 4.3% and Furniture, Floor Coverings, Houseware and Textile Goods Retailing 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cobaki was $429.

In Cobaki, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.3%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Bus 3.4% and Train, car as passenger, other 3.4%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cobaki, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.2% 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 Cobaki, 21.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cobaki, 54.0% were couple families with children, 27.0% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Cobaki, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,187 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Cobaki, of couple families with children, 13.0% had both partners employed full-time, 11.1% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cobaki, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobaki, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cobaki, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 13.9% had 2 bedrooms and 25.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobaki, 24.7% were owned outright, 39.7% were owned with a mortgage and 31.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Cobaki, of all households, 84.9% were family households, 11.0% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Cobaki, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.9% 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 Cobaki, 13.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cobaki, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 60 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 Cobaki, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cobaki, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.