Koo Wee Rup

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,079 people in Koo Wee Rup of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Koo Wee Rup was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Koo Wee Rup aged 15 years and over, 47.6% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Koo Wee Rup was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Koo Wee Rup, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Koo Wee Rup was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Koo Wee Rup 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.1% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Koo Wee Rup were Australian 34.4%, English 28.9%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 5.9% and Italian 5.6%.

In Koo Wee Rup, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, Italy 1.9%, New Zealand 1.1%, Netherlands 0.7% and Germany 0.5%.

In Koo Wee Rup, 69.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Koo Wee Rup were Catholic 30.1%, No Religion 25.6%, Anglican 19.0%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Koo Wee Rup 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.5%, Romanian 0.9%, Dutch 0.4%, Greek 0.4% and Croatian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,487 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Koo Wee Rup. Of these 60.6% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Koo Wee Rup, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Koo Wee Rup was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Koo Wee Rup included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.2%, Labourers 14.0%, Managers 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 9.1% and Professionals 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Koo Wee Rup, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.1%, School Education 4.6%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Building Structure Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Koo Wee Rup was $522.

In Koo Wee Rup, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.8%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Truck 3.8%, Walked only 3.7% and Train 0.8%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Koo Wee Rup, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Koo Wee Rup, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Koo Wee Rup, 48.8% were couple families with children, 32.8% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Koo Wee Rup 22.1% of single parents were male and 77.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Koo Wee Rup, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,830 and those without children was $1,689.

Employment status of couple families

In Koo Wee Rup, of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Koo Wee Rup, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Koo Wee Rup, 88.4% were separate houses, 4.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Koo Wee Rup, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Koo Wee Rup, 28.6% were owned outright, 45.4% were owned with a mortgage and 22.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Koo Wee Rup, of all households, 74.7% were family households, 23.6% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Koo Wee Rup, 25.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Koo Wee Rup, 25.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Koo Wee Rup, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 70.0%) were male and 6 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Koo Wee Rup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Koo Wee Rup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.