Mount Coolum

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,669 people in Mount Coolum of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Coolum was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Mount Coolum aged 15 years and over, 48.1% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Coolum was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Mount Coolum, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Coolum was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Mount Coolum 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.6% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Coolum were English 29.7%, Australian 26.0%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 8.5% and German 5.5%.

In Mount Coolum, 75.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 4.6%, Germany 0.9%, South Africa 0.8% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Mount Coolum, 62.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Coolum were No Religion 31.6%, Catholic 18.8%, Anglican 18.4%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Mount Coolum 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, French 0.4%, Greek 0.3%, Spanish 0.3% and Afrikaans 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,784 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Coolum. Of these 53.9% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Coolum, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Coolum was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Coolum included Professionals 22.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Managers 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Labourers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Mount Coolum, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.2%, Accommodation 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Hospitals 4.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Coolum was $564.

In Mount Coolum, 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 4.7%, Walked only 1.8%, Bus 1.0% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Coolum, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.9% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Coolum, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Coolum, 43.7% were couple families with children, 37.1% were couple families without children and 18.9% were one parent families.

In Mount Coolum 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Coolum, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,009 and those without children was $1,851.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Coolum, of couple families with children, 17.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Coolum, 79.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Coolum, 67.3% were separate houses, 21.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Coolum, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Coolum, 21.7% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 35.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Coolum, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Mount Coolum, 23.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Coolum, 41.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Coolum, there were 60 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33 (or 55.0%) were male and 27 (or 45.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Coolum, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $880.

In Mount Coolum, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $209 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.