Coomealla

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 867 people in Coomealla of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 20.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Coomealla was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Coomealla aged 15 years and over, 52.8% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coomealla was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Coomealla, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coomealla was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Coomealla 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.4% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coomealla were Australian 34.1%, English 28.4%, Australian Aboriginal 12.1%, Irish 7.4% and Scottish 4.5%.

In Coomealla, 92.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 1.0%, England 0.9%, New Zealand 0.6%, Germany 0.5% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Coomealla, 86.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coomealla were No Religion 28.7%, Catholic 28.6%, Anglican 19.0%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Coomealla 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.0%, Fijian 0.5% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 421 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coomealla. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 10.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coomealla, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coomealla was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Coomealla included Managers 29.5%, Labourers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Professionals 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Coomealla, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 22.1%, Beverage Manufacturing 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.2% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coomealla was $460.

In Coomealla, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 4.2%, Truck 1.9% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. 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 66.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coomealla, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.5% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Coomealla, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coomealla, 42.4% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Coomealla 11.4% of single parents were male and 88.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coomealla, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,639 and those without children was $1,384.

Employment status of couple families

In Coomealla, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 27.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coomealla, 89.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coomealla, 97.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Coomealla, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 15.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coomealla, 31.1% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 31.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Coomealla, of all households, 74.9% were family households, 22.6% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Coomealla, 30.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Coomealla, 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coomealla, there were 175 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 81 (or 46.3%) were male and 94 (or 53.7%) 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 Coomealla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $528.

In Coomealla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $910.