Mount Coolon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 567 people in Mount Coolon of these 57.1% were male and 42.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Coolon was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Mount Coolon aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Coolon was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mount Coolon, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Coolon was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mount Coolon 22.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 16.2% in secondary school and 4.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Coolon were Australian 35.6%, English 25.8%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 7.8% and German 4.1%.

In Mount Coolon, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.2%, England 0.9%, Spain 0.7%, Cook Islands 0.5% and France 0.5%.

In Mount Coolon, 87.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Coolon were Anglican 25.4%, Catholic 23.2%, No Religion 16.4%, Uniting Church 10.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Mount Coolon 89.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.5%, Thai 0.5%, Tagalog 0.5%, Filipino 0.5% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.5%.

Employment

There were 315 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Coolon. Of these 78.1% were employed full time, 16.2% were employed part-time and 1.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Coolon, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 71.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Mount Coolon included Managers 35.0%, Labourers 22.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0%, Professionals 6.1%, Sales Workers 2.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Mount Coolon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 44.7%, Coal Mining 10.0%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 2.9%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.6% and Road Freight Transport 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Coolon was $565.

In Mount Coolon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.0%, Walked only 15.3%, Other 4.5%, Car, as passenger 4.2% and Truck 4.2%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Coolon, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% 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, 22.1% 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 Mount Coolon, 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Coolon, 43.2% were couple families with children, 48.6% were couple families without children and 6.2% were one parent families.

In Mount Coolon 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Coolon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Coolon, of couple families with children, 34.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Coolon, 79.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Coolon, 94.3% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.2% were other dwellings.

In Mount Coolon, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.0% had 2 bedrooms and 33.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Coolon, 46.6% were owned outright, 23.0% were owned with a mortgage and 24.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Coolon, of all households, 75.1% were family households, 20.1% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Mount Coolon, 26.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.9% 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 Mount Coolon, 23.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Coolon, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) 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 Mount Coolon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Mount Coolon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.