Coolongolook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 417 people in Coolongolook of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Coolongolook was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Coolongolook aged 15 years and over, 45.3% were married and 18.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coolongolook was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Coolongolook, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coolongolook was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Coolongolook 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 9.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coolongolook were Australian 35.6%, English 35.4%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 4.2% and German 3.3%.

In Coolongolook, 86.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Greece 0.7%, Kenya 0.7%, Malta 0.7% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Coolongolook, 78.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coolongolook were Anglican 34.5%, No Religion 19.3%, Catholic 18.1%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Coolongolook 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Greek 1.0%.

Employment

There were 170 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coolongolook. Of these 40.0% were employed full time, 41.8% were employed part-time and 14.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coolongolook, 21.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coolongolook was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Coolongolook included Professionals 14.0%, Sales Workers 14.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.0%, Labourers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Managers 10.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%.

Of the employed people in Coolongolook, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fuel Retailing 8.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.7%, Residential Care Services 5.4%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 5.4% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coolongolook was $355.

In Coolongolook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.0%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Other 4.0%, Truck 2.7% and Walked only 2.0%. 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 61.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coolongolook, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 14.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.3% 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 Coolongolook, 17.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coolongolook, 34.8% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Coolongolook 12.5% of single parents were male and 87.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coolongolook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,399 and those without children was $700.

Employment status of couple families

In Coolongolook, of couple families with children, 10.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 17.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coolongolook, 77.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coolongolook, 97.9% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Coolongolook, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 16.1% had 2 bedrooms and 37.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coolongolook, 37.2% were owned outright, 35.1% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Coolongolook, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 19.6% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In Coolongolook, 36.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Coolongolook, 29.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coolongolook, 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 28 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 Coolongolook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $824.

In Coolongolook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,300.