Cooloola Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,513 people in Cooloola Cove of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cooloola Cove was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.4% of the population.

Of people in Cooloola Cove aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cooloola Cove was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Cooloola Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cooloola Cove was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Cooloola Cove 22.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.9% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 6.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cooloola Cove were English 33.6%, Australian 31.1%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.3% and German 5.5%.

In Cooloola Cove, 79.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 2.5%, Netherlands 0.7%, Philippines 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

In Cooloola Cove, 69.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cooloola Cove were No Religion 24.2%, Anglican 21.7%, Catholic 18.9%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Cooloola Cove 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Serbian 0.4%, Auslan 0.4%, Greek 0.2% and Tagalog 0.2%.

Employment

There were 727 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cooloola Cove. Of these 46.2% were employed full time, 35.5% were employed part-time and 11.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cooloola Cove, 16.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cooloola Cove was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Cooloola Cove included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Labourers 18.0%, Sales Workers 13.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Professionals 8.6% and Managers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Cooloola Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 7.4%, School Education 5.2%, Accommodation 4.0%, Building Completion Services 3.2% and Other Wood Product Manufacturing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cooloola Cove was $345.

In Cooloola Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 1.7%, Motorbike/scooter 1.2% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cooloola Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.7% provided care for children and 15.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 Cooloola Cove, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cooloola Cove, 26.1% were couple families with children, 58.7% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Cooloola Cove 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cooloola Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,600 and those without children was $1,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Cooloola Cove, of couple families with children, 6.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 9.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cooloola Cove, 81.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooloola Cove, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Cooloola Cove, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 56.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooloola Cove, 44.9% were owned outright, 30.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Cooloola Cove, of all households, 75.6% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Cooloola Cove, 42.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Cooloola Cove, 41.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cooloola Cove, there were 74 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 47.3%) were male and 39 (or 52.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Cooloola Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $766.

In Cooloola Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.