Koumala

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 789 people in Koumala of these 56.5% were male and 43.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Koumala was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Koumala aged 15 years and over, 56.6% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Koumala was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Koumala, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Koumala was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Koumala 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 5.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Koumala were English 30.3%, Australian 29.9%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.0% and German 5.6%.

In Koumala, 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.6%, England 1.3%, Italy 0.8%, Papua New Guinea 0.8% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Koumala, 86.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Koumala were Catholic 26.6%, Anglican 21.9%, No Religion 16.9%, Uniting Church 11.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Koumala 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.6%, German 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4% and Mandarin 0.4%.

Employment

There were 434 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Koumala. Of these 68.4% were employed full time, 20.3% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Koumala, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Koumala was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Koumala included Machinery Operators And Drivers 23.3%, Managers 23.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Labourers 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8%, Professionals 4.6% and Sales Workers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Koumala, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 15.7%, Coal Mining 12.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.5%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.8% and Rail Freight Transport 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Koumala was $608.

In Koumala, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Walked only 6.2%, Car, as passenger 2.6%, Truck 2.4% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Koumala, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Koumala, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Koumala, 46.2% were couple families with children, 40.8% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Koumala 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Koumala, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,562 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Koumala, of couple families with children, 28.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Koumala, 84.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Koumala, 94.7% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.9% were other dwellings.

In Koumala, of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 13.8% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Koumala, 40.4% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 17.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Koumala, of all households, 76.6% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Koumala, 24.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.2% 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 Koumala, 20.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Koumala, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 50.0%) were male and 10 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Koumala, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Koumala, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,700.