Coppabella (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 616 people in Coppabella (Qld) of these 71.3% were male and 28.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Coppabella (Qld) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.8% of the population.

Of people in Coppabella (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 32.9% were married and 22.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coppabella (Qld) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Coppabella (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coppabella (Qld) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Coppabella (Qld) 44.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 8.4% were in primary school, 5.5% in secondary school and 3.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coppabella (Qld) were Australian 26.3%, English 17.2%, Irish 6.6%, Scottish 5.9% and German 3.4%.

In Coppabella (Qld), 56.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.4%, Philippines 1.3%, South Africa 1.0%, England 0.7% and Iraq 0.7%.

In Coppabella (Qld), 73.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coppabella (Qld) were Catholic 23.4%, Anglican 14.6%, No Religion 14.1%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Coppabella (Qld) 63.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 0.7%, Arabic 0.7%, Tagalog 0.7% and Filipino 0.7%.

Employment

There were 333 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coppabella (Qld). Of these 80.2% were employed full time, 8.7% were employed part-time and 0.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coppabella (Qld), 2.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 74.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coppabella (Qld) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Coppabella (Qld) included Machinery Operators And Drivers 37.8%, Labourers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Managers 10.9%, Professionals 8.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.6% and Sales Workers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Coppabella (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 26.6%, Rail Freight Transport 17.8%, Accommodation 10.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.8% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coppabella (Qld) was $1,386.

In Coppabella (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.0%, Walked only 13.9%, Bus 7.6%, Car, as passenger 7.6% and Other 3.3%. On the day, 10.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coppabella (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 40.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.4% provided care for children and 5.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.4% 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 Coppabella (Qld), 13.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coppabella (Qld), 40.6% were couple families with children, 53.6% were couple families without children and 5.8% were one parent families.

In Coppabella (Qld) 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coppabella (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $3,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Coppabella (Qld), of couple families with children, 33.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coppabella (Qld), 75.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coppabella (Qld), 87.1% were separate houses, 5.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.9% were other dwellings.

In Coppabella (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 7.9% had 1 bedroom, 9.9% had 2 bedrooms and 64.4% 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 Coppabella (Qld), 15.8% were owned outright, 6.9% were owned with a mortgage and 71.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Coppabella (Qld), of all households, 68.3% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 5.9% were group households.

In Coppabella (Qld), 4.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.7% 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 Coppabella (Qld), 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coppabella (Qld), 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 Coppabella (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Coppabella (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $54 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.