Cobram East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 225 people in Cobram East of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cobram East was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in Cobram East aged 15 years and over, 63.6% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cobram East was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Cobram East, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cobram East was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Cobram East 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.6% were in primary school, 28.6% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cobram East were Australian 31.8%, English 28.4%, Irish 12.7%, Italian 8.0% and Scottish 7.0%.

In Cobram East, 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 1.8%, India 1.3%, Italy 1.3% and Philippines 1.3%.

In Cobram East, 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cobram East were Catholic 37.9%, Anglican 18.1%, No Religion 15.9%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Jehovah's Witnesses 2.6%.

In Cobram East 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 2.7% and Punjabi 1.3%.

Employment

There were 110 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cobram East. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cobram East, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cobram East was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Cobram East were Managers 25.5%, Labourers 18.2%, Professionals 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Cobram East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 7.1%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.4%, School Education 4.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.7% and Other Livestock Farming 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cobram East was $604.

In Cobram East, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 61.5%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 2.8% and Motorbike/scooter 2.8%. 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 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cobram East, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.5% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.7% 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 Cobram East, 30.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cobram East, 48.3% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Cobram East 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cobram East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,681 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Cobram East, of couple families with children, 27.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cobram East, 87.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobram East, 95.8% were separate houses, 4.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cobram East, of occupied private dwellings 8.5% had 1 bedroom, 7.0% had 2 bedrooms and 36.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobram East, 41.7% were owned outright, 38.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Cobram East, of all households, 79.5% were family households, 16.4% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Cobram East, 15.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.1% 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 Cobram East, 14.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cobram East, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Cobram East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cobram East, 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.