Cooyal

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 436 people in Cooyal of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Cooyal was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Cooyal aged 15 years and over, 62.6% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cooyal was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Cooyal, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cooyal was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Cooyal 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cooyal were Australian 37.7%, English 31.1%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 5.1% and German 4.9%.

In Cooyal, 87.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, South Africa 0.9%, Croatia 0.7%, Germany 0.7% and India 0.7%.

In Cooyal, 80.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cooyal were Anglican 34.1%, Catholic 27.9%, No Religion 15.7%, Christian, nfd 4.8% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

In Cooyal 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.7%, Spanish 0.7%, Italian 0.7% and Croatian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 193 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cooyal. Of these 57.5% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cooyal, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cooyal was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Cooyal included Managers 21.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.9%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Labourers 10.3%, Professionals 8.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Cooyal, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.4%, Coal Mining 11.8%, Residential Care Services 4.3%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.8% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cooyal was $377.

In Cooyal, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Truck 4.3%, Motorbike/scooter 2.2% and Walked only 1.6%. 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 62.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cooyal, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 6.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.6% 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 Cooyal, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cooyal, 40.6% were couple families with children, 48.1% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Cooyal 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cooyal, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Cooyal, of couple families with children, 15.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 13.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cooyal, 77.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooyal, 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 Cooyal, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% 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 Cooyal, 44.0% were owned outright, 36.5% were owned with a mortgage and 17.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Cooyal, of all households, 81.0% were family households, 17.1% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Cooyal, 32.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Cooyal, 28.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cooyal, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 72.7%) were male and 3 (or 27.3%) were female. The median age was 43 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 Cooyal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Cooyal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $255 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,315.