Coomba Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 446 people in Coomba Park of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Coomba Park was 56 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 30.1% of the population.

Of people in Coomba Park aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 17.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coomba Park was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 41 years.

In Coomba Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coomba Park was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Coomba Park 23.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.8% were in primary school, 27.1% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coomba Park were Australian 33.5%, English 32.1%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 7.1% and German 2.7%.

In Coomba Park, 72.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.1%, Germany 1.8%, Scotland 1.6%, United States of America 1.3% and Finland 0.9%.

In Coomba Park, 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coomba Park were Anglican 29.2%, Catholic 18.7%, No Religion 16.7%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Christian, nfd 4.9%.

In Coomba Park 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.1%, Finnish 1.1% and Turkish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 90 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coomba Park. Of these 35.6% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 28.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coomba Park, 18.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coomba Park was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Coomba Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.7%, Sales Workers 19.7%, Labourers 18.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Professionals 9.1%, Managers 6.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Coomba Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 7.7%, Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 7.7%, Road Freight Transport 7.7%, Employment Services 7.7% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 6.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coomba Park was $339.

In Coomba Park, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 61.2%, Train, bus 6.0%, Walked only 6.0% and Car, as passenger 4.5%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coomba Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.5% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Coomba Park, 21.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coomba Park, 13.8% were couple families with children, 65.5% were couple families without children and 20.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Coomba Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Coomba Park, of couple families with children, 3.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 5.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coomba Park, 53.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 46.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coomba Park, 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 Coomba Park, of occupied private dwellings 7.0% had 1 bedroom, 27.3% had 2 bedrooms and 49.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coomba Park, 52.2% were owned outright, 27.2% were owned with a mortgage and 17.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Coomba Park, of all households, 63.6% were family households, 33.2% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Coomba Park, 55.8% 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 Coomba Park, 54.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coomba Park, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Coomba Park, 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 $1,025.

In Coomba Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.