Coowonga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 260 people in Coowonga of these 56.5% were male and 43.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Coowonga was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Coowonga aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coowonga was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Coowonga, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coowonga was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Coowonga 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.2% were in primary school, 22.5% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coowonga were Australian 33.1%, English 31.4%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 7.1% and German 4.5%.

In Coowonga, 81.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were South Africa 3.1%, England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.9%, Italy 1.5% and Kenya 1.5%.

In Coowonga, 80.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coowonga were Anglican 22.6%, No Religion 19.5%, Catholic 14.2%, Uniting Church 11.5% and Baptist 6.1%.

In Coowonga 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Afrikaans 1.9%.

Employment

There were 126 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coowonga. Of these 65.1% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coowonga, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Coowonga included Labourers 16.0%, Professionals 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.6%, Managers 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2% and Sales Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Coowonga, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.7%, Hospitals 7.3%, Residential Building Construction 6.5%, Building Installation Services 4.8% and Coal Mining 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coowonga was $534.

In Coowonga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.8%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Truck 3.2%, Bus, car as driver 2.4% and Car as driver, car as passenger, motorbike/scooter 2.4%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coowonga, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.4% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Coowonga, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coowonga, 32.4% were couple families with children, 52.7% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Coowonga 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coowonga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,049 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Coowonga, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 28.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coowonga, 78.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coowonga, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Coowonga, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 14.4% had 2 bedrooms and 53.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coowonga, 43.3% were owned outright, 30.9% were owned with a mortgage and 21.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Coowonga, of all households, 75.5% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Coowonga, 25.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Coowonga, 14.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coowonga, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 68.8%) were male and 5 (or 31.2%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Coowonga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,383.

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