Comboyne

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 453 people in Comboyne of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Comboyne was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.3% of the population.

Of people in Comboyne aged 15 years and over, 47.9% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Comboyne was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Comboyne, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Comboyne was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Comboyne 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.6% were in primary school, 16.0% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Comboyne were English 33.0%, Australian 31.4%, Scottish 9.5%, Irish 9.3% and German 1.2%.

In Comboyne, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Austria 0.9%, Germany 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9% and Fiji 0.7%.

In Comboyne, 76.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Comboyne were No Religion 23.7%, Anglican 23.1%, Catholic 14.0%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Comboyne 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Gaelic (Scotland) 0.7%, German 0.7% and Dutch 0.7%.

Employment

There were 227 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Comboyne. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Comboyne, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Comboyne was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Comboyne included Managers 35.3%, Labourers 21.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Professionals 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.0% and Sales Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Comboyne, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 24.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.2%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.3%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 2.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7%.

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

In Comboyne, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.8%, Walked only 12.0%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Truck 3.7% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Comboyne, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.3% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.8% 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 Comboyne, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Comboyne, 30.5% were couple families with children, 56.2% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Comboyne 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Comboyne, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,843.

Employment status of couple families

In Comboyne, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Comboyne, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Comboyne, 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Comboyne, of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 25.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% 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 Comboyne, 44.7% were owned outright, 25.3% were owned with a mortgage and 25.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Comboyne, of all households, 63.7% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Comboyne, 43.8% 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 Comboyne, 37.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Comboyne, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 57.9%) were male and 8 (or 42.1%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Comboyne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $583.

In Comboyne, 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.