Coburg North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,576 people in Coburg North of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Coburg North was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Coburg North aged 15 years and over, 44.7% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coburg North was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Coburg North, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coburg North was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Coburg North 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.2% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 26.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coburg North were Australian 15.7%, Italian 15.3%, English 14.6%, Irish 6.3% and Greek 5.9%.

In Coburg North, 57.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 7.3%, Greece 3.0%, India 2.5%, Lebanon 2.2% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.0%.

In Coburg North, 33.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coburg North were Catholic 35.0%, No Religion 21.5%, Eastern Orthodox 8.2%, Islam 8.1% and Anglican 5.3%.

In Coburg North 51.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 11.2%, Greek 6.0%, Arabic 5.5%, Turkish 2.4% and Mandarin 1.9%.

Employment

There were 3,024 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coburg North. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coburg North, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coburg North was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Coburg North included Professionals 24.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Managers 10.8%, Labourers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Coburg North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Tertiary Education 3.5%, Hospitals 3.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coburg North was $465.

In Coburg North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.1%, Train 12.4%, Tram 4.7%, Car, as passenger 3.3% and Bicycle 3.1%. On the day, 23.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coburg North, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.6% 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 Coburg North, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coburg North, 42.9% were couple families with children, 36.8% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Coburg North 14.5% of single parents were male and 85.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coburg North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,030 and those without children was $2,088.

Employment status of couple families

In Coburg North, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coburg North, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coburg North, 78.0% were separate houses, 11.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Coburg North, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 30.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coburg North, 37.8% were owned outright, 28.9% were owned with a mortgage and 29.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Coburg North, of all households, 68.8% were family households, 25.6% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Coburg North, 28.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Coburg North, 40.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coburg North, there were 38 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 47.4%) were male and 20 (or 52.6%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Coburg North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Coburg North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.