Coominya

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,174 people in Coominya of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Coominya was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Coominya aged 15 years and over, 46.6% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coominya was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Coominya, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coominya was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Coominya 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 7.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coominya were Australian 32.4%, English 28.0%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 7.3% and German 7.0%.

In Coominya, 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.9%, Vietnam 1.1%, Germany 0.8% and Ireland 0.6%.

In Coominya, 74.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coominya were Anglican 22.4%, No Religion 19.7%, Catholic 17.8%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0%.

In Coominya 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 1.8%, Portuguese 0.3%, Spanish 0.3%, Khmer 0.3% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 452 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coominya. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coominya, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coominya was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Coominya included Labourers 20.9%, Managers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Professionals 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6% and Sales Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Coominya, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 7.0%, Road Freight Transport 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.8%, School Education 4.3% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coominya was $378.

In Coominya, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.0%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 5.0%, Truck 3.1% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coominya, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.7% 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 Coominya, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coominya, 38.6% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Coominya 20.3% of single parents were male and 79.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coominya, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,765 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Coominya, of couple families with children, 16.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coominya, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coominya, 99.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Coominya, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 15.8% had 2 bedrooms and 51.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coominya, 35.1% were owned outright, 42.9% were owned with a mortgage and 17.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Coominya, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Coominya, 30.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Coominya, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coominya, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 54.8%) were male and 14 (or 45.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Coominya, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $875.

In Coominya, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.