Coolum Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,905 people in Coolum Beach of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Coolum Beach was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Coolum Beach aged 15 years and over, 45.5% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coolum Beach was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Coolum Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coolum Beach was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Coolum Beach 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coolum Beach were English 30.9%, Australian 27.7%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 8.2% and German 4.6%.

In Coolum Beach, 77.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 4.4%, Scotland 0.8%, South Africa 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

In Coolum Beach, 64.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coolum Beach were No Religion 29.5%, Catholic 21.8%, Anglican 16.9%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Coolum Beach 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, French 0.4%, Dutch 0.3% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,932 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coolum Beach. Of these 50.8% were employed full time, 36.2% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coolum Beach, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Coolum Beach included Professionals 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Labourers 11.6%, Managers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Coolum Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Accommodation 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Hospitals 3.6% and Residential Building Construction 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coolum Beach was $540.

In Coolum Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.9%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 3.7%, Bicycle 1.5% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coolum Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Coolum Beach, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coolum Beach, 39.0% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 18.3% were one parent families.

In Coolum Beach 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coolum Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,839 and those without children was $1,884.

Employment status of couple families

In Coolum Beach, of couple families with children, 16.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coolum Beach, 83.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coolum Beach, 76.8% were separate houses, 8.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Coolum Beach, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.4% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% 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 Coolum Beach, 27.7% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 38.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Coolum Beach, of all households, 70.7% were family households, 24.2% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Coolum Beach, 25.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Coolum Beach, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coolum Beach, there were 140 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 70 (or 50.0%) were male and 70 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Coolum Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,270.

In Coolum Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.