Cottles Bridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 626 people in Cottles Bridge of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cottles Bridge was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Cottles Bridge aged 15 years and over, 53.3% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cottles Bridge was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Cottles Bridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cottles Bridge was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Cottles Bridge 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 33.0% in secondary school and 21.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cottles Bridge were English 34.1%, Australian 27.5%, Scottish 10.6%, Irish 9.5% and German 3.0%.

In Cottles Bridge, 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, Netherlands 1.4%, Germany 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Cottles Bridge, 69.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cottles Bridge were No Religion 37.1%, Anglican 18.4%, Catholic 18.4%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Buddhism 2.1%.

In Cottles Bridge 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.6%, Italian 0.6% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 396 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cottles Bridge. Of these 52.8% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cottles Bridge, 17.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cottles Bridge was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Cottles Bridge included Professionals 30.0%, Managers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Labourers 6.5%, Sales Workers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Cottles Bridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 6.8%, Building Installation Services 5.2%, School Education 5.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8% and Residential Building Construction 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cottles Bridge was $679.

In Cottles Bridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Train 3.3%, Train, car as driver 2.2% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cottles Bridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.9% 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 Cottles Bridge, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cottles Bridge, 55.1% were couple families with children, 35.8% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Cottles Bridge 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cottles Bridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,562 and those without children was $2,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Cottles Bridge, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 26.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cottles Bridge, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cottles Bridge, 96.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Cottles Bridge, of occupied private dwellings 10.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 30.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cottles Bridge, 40.1% were owned outright, 40.5% were owned with a mortgage and 14.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Cottles Bridge, of all households, 78.3% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Cottles Bridge, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.3% 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 Cottles Bridge, 20.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cottles Bridge, 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 Cottles Bridge, 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 Cottles Bridge, 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.