Kogan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 355 people in Kogan of these 55.2% were male and 44.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Kogan was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in Kogan aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kogan was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Kogan, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kogan was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Kogan 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 5.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kogan were Australian 33.3%, English 31.0%, Irish 7.4%, German 6.7% and Scottish 4.5%.

In Kogan, 78.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 2.5%, Philippines 2.2%, Germany 0.8% and Indonesia 0.8%.

In Kogan, 72.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kogan were Catholic 22.4%, No Religion 22.1%, Anglican 19.3%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Lutheran 4.8%.

In Kogan 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tagalog 2.0% and Bisaya 1.1%.

Employment

There were 135 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kogan. Of these 65.9% were employed full time, 14.8% were employed part-time and 9.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kogan, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kogan was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Kogan included Labourers 19.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Managers 16.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.6%, Sales Workers 4.1% and Professionals 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Kogan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Livestock Farming 14.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.5%, Coal Mining 5.8%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.0% and Building Completion Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kogan was $364.

In Kogan, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.9%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Bus 3.4% and Truck 2.5%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kogan, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.0% 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 Kogan, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kogan, 39.7% were couple families with children, 46.2% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Kogan 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kogan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $933 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Kogan, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kogan, 73.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kogan, 95.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Kogan, of occupied private dwellings 13.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.9% had 2 bedrooms and 31.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kogan, 35.8% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 25.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Kogan, of all households, 63.9% were family households, 28.6% were single person households and 7.6% were group households.

In Kogan, 39.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Kogan, 32.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kogan, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 66.7%) were male and 5 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Kogan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 2.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,066.

In Kogan, 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.