Cooks Gap

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 490 people in Cooks Gap of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Cooks Gap was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Cooks Gap aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cooks Gap was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Cooks Gap, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cooks Gap was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Cooks Gap 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.9% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 9.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cooks Gap were Australian 37.1%, English 29.1%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 5.2% and German 3.3%.

In Cooks Gap, 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 1.8%, Netherlands 1.2%, Croatia 0.8% and Austria 0.6%.

In Cooks Gap, 71.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cooks Gap were Anglican 32.7%, Catholic 25.5%, No Religion 19.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3% and Uniting Church 2.2%.

In Cooks Gap 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.6%, Estonian 0.6%, Greek 0.6%, Italian 0.6% and Maltese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 194 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cooks Gap. Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cooks Gap, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cooks Gap was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Cooks Gap included Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Labourers 15.3%, Managers 10.4%, Professionals 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Cooks Gap, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 15.8%, Residential Care Services 6.0%, Road Passenger Transport 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7% and Specialised Food Retailing 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cooks Gap was $393.

In Cooks Gap, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.4%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 2.7%, Car as driver, car as passenger, truck 2.2% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cooks Gap, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% 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, 14.6% 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 Cooks Gap, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cooks Gap, 38.8% were couple families with children, 42.5% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Cooks Gap 26.3% of single parents were male and 73.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cooks Gap, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,687 and those without children was $1,343.

Employment status of couple families

In Cooks Gap, of couple families with children, 12.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 15.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cooks Gap, 76.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooks Gap, 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 Cooks Gap, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooks Gap, 48.9% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 9.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Cooks Gap, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Cooks Gap, 39.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Cooks Gap, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cooks Gap, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 50.0%) were male and 15 (or 50.0%) 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 Cooks Gap, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Cooks Gap, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $70 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.