Cobden

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,821 people in Cobden of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Cobden was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.8% of the population.

Of people in Cobden aged 15 years and over, 53.5% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cobden was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Cobden, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cobden was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Cobden 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 32.4% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cobden were Australian 37.3%, English 31.8%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 8.6% and Dutch 2.4%.

In Cobden, 90.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.5%, Netherlands 1.4%, England 1.0%, United States of America 0.4% and Hungary 0.2%.

In Cobden, 85.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cobden were Catholic 24.2%, No Religion 22.3%, Uniting Church 16.7%, Anglican 15.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 8.0%.

In Cobden 96.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.3%, French 0.2%, Greek 0.2%, Italian 0.2% and Thai 0.2%.

Employment

There were 795 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cobden. Of these 55.3% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cobden, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Cobden included Labourers 19.6%, Managers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Professionals 9.6%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%.

Of the employed people in Cobden, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Product Manufacturing 9.0%, Dairy Cattle Farming 7.8%, Hospitals 6.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0% and Local Government Administration 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cobden was $459.

In Cobden, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.4%, Walked only 8.7%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 2.2% and Bicycle 1.9%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cobden, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.2% 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 Cobden, 21.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cobden, 38.3% were couple families with children, 46.0% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Cobden, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,603 and those without children was $1,631.

Employment status of couple families

In Cobden, of couple families with children, 16.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 28.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cobden, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobden, 93.5% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Cobden, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.4% had 2 bedrooms and 54.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobden, 45.8% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 21.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Cobden, of all households, 70.9% were family households, 27.5% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Cobden, 30.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Cobden, 35.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cobden, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 45 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 Cobden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Cobden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $243 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.