Coopers Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,208 people in Coopers Plains of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Coopers Plains was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Coopers Plains aged 15 years and over, 42.6% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coopers Plains was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Coopers Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coopers Plains was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Coopers Plains 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.6% were in primary school, 14.9% in secondary school and 36.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coopers Plains were Australian 20.7%, English 19.9%, Chinese 9.0%, Irish 6.8% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Coopers Plains, 57.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 6.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.3%, New Zealand 2.9%, Philippines 2.2% and England 2.1%.

In Coopers Plains, 39.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 48.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coopers Plains were No Religion 22.1%, Catholic 21.1%, Anglican 11.5%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Hinduism 4.7%.

In Coopers Plains 61.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.0%, Cantonese 3.2%, Vietnamese 2.0%, Hindi 1.6% and Punjabi 1.3%.

Employment

There were 2,079 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coopers Plains. Of these 56.5% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 8.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coopers Plains, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coopers Plains was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Coopers Plains included Professionals 21.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.1%, Labourers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7% and Managers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Coopers Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.3%, Hospitals 6.0%, School Education 3.6%, Tertiary Education 3.4% and State Government Administration 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coopers Plains was $489.

In Coopers Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.2%, Bus 8.4%, Train 7.8%, Car, as passenger 5.6% and Walked only 2.8%. On the day, 20.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coopers Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Coopers Plains, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coopers Plains, 39.7% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 19.7% were one parent families.

In Coopers Plains 19.9% of single parents were male and 80.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coopers Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,085 and those without children was $1,845.

Employment status of couple families

In Coopers Plains, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coopers Plains, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coopers Plains, 93.3% were separate houses, 3.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Coopers Plains, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 14.5% had 2 bedrooms and 50.8% 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 Coopers Plains, 27.8% were owned outright, 28.0% were owned with a mortgage and 40.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Coopers Plains, of all households, 66.6% were family households, 25.1% were single person households and 8.3% were group households.

In Coopers Plains, 25.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Coopers Plains, 41.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coopers Plains, there were 78 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 46.2%) were male and 42 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Coopers Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,218.

In Coopers Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,538.