Kogarah Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,061 people in Kogarah Bay of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Kogarah Bay was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Kogarah Bay aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kogarah Bay was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Kogarah Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kogarah Bay was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Kogarah Bay 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 27.6% in secondary school and 20.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kogarah Bay were Greek 16.7%, English 14.7%, Australian 14.1%, Chinese 7.6% and Italian 6.5%.

In Kogarah Bay, 66.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 4.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.0%, Italy 2.1%, Egypt 2.0% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.7%.

In Kogarah Bay, 33.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kogarah Bay were Catholic 30.2%, Eastern Orthodox 26.0%, Anglican 11.9%, No Religion 9.6% and Oriental Orthodox 3.8%.

In Kogarah Bay 51.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 15.8%, Arabic 5.6%, Cantonese 3.9%, Macedonian 3.8% and Italian 3.7%.

Employment

There were 1,031 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kogarah Bay. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kogarah Bay, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kogarah Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Kogarah Bay included Professionals 23.8%, Managers 18.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Kogarah Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.4%, Medical Services 2.6% and Building Installation Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kogarah Bay was $581.

In Kogarah Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.0%, Train 6.0%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train, bus 3.2% and Train, car as driver 2.7%. On the day, 14.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kogarah Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Kogarah Bay, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kogarah Bay, 54.8% were couple families with children, 30.6% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Kogarah Bay 8.3% of single parents were male and 91.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kogarah Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,646 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Kogarah Bay, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kogarah Bay, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kogarah Bay, 97.0% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Kogarah Bay, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kogarah Bay, 46.7% were owned outright, 38.5% were owned with a mortgage and 11.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Kogarah Bay, of all households, 84.1% were family households, 13.4% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Kogarah Bay, 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.6% 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 Kogarah Bay, 28.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kogarah Bay, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 51 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 Kogarah Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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