Coen

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 416 people in Coen of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 68.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Coen was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.2% of the population.

Of people in Coen aged 15 years and over, 33.4% were married and 4.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coen was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Coen, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coen was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Coen 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.2% were in primary school, 10.5% in secondary school and 12.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coen were Australian Aboriginal 38.3%, Australian 26.5%, English 11.6%, Torres Strait Islander 4.2% and Irish 3.4%.

In Coen, 93.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 0.7%, Germany 0.7% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Coen, 94.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coen were Catholic 20.9%, Anglican 19.2%, No Religion 18.5%, Lutheran 16.3% and Pentecostal 6.0%.

In Coen 77.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Lamalama 3.8%, Wik Mungkan 2.9%, Cape York Peninsula Languages, nec 1.9%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 1.0% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coen. Of these 69.8% were employed full time, 14.2% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coen, 4.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coen was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Coen included Professionals 22.2%, Managers 21.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.0%, Labourers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2% and Sales Workers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Coen, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 19.0%, School Education 6.5%, Parks and Gardens Operations 6.5%, Fuel Retailing 5.9% and Accommodation 5.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coen was $407.

In Coen, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 45.0%, Car, as driver 23.2%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Truck 2.6% and Bus 2.0%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 28.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coen, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.1% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Coen, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coen, 42.4% were couple families with children, 32.6% were couple families without children and 25.0% were one parent families.

In Coen 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coen, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Coen, of couple families with children, 31.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coen, 78.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coen, 93.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.4% were other dwellings.

In Coen, of occupied private dwellings 13.8% had 1 bedroom, 22.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coen, 20.9% were owned outright, 7.3% were owned with a mortgage and 65.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Coen, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 15.6% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Coen, 31.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Coen, 30.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coen, there were 288 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 131 (or 45.5%) were male and 157 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Coen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,075.

In Coen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.