Upper Coomera

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 21,136 people in Upper Coomera of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Coomera was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.0% of the population.

Of people in Upper Coomera aged 15 years and over, 49.5% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Coomera was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Upper Coomera, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Coomera was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Upper Coomera 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Coomera were English 29.8%, Australian 25.9%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 6.5% and Maori 4.5%.

In Upper Coomera, 65.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 14.8%, England 5.3%, South Africa 1.6%, Scotland 0.6% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Upper Coomera, 48.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Coomera were No Religion 27.7%, Catholic 21.4%, Anglican 19.8%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Upper Coomera 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maori (New Zealand) 0.5%, Korean 0.5%, Spanish 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4% and Japanese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 10,746 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Coomera. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Coomera, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Coomera was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Coomera included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Professionals 14.0%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Managers 11.3%, Labourers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Upper Coomera, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%, Hospitals 2.5% and Residential Building Construction 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Coomera was $662.

In Upper Coomera, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.9%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Train 1.9%, Truck 1.3% and Walked only 0.9%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Coomera, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.9% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% 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 Upper Coomera, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Coomera, 52.8% were couple families with children, 29.0% were couple families without children and 17.4% were one parent families.

In Upper Coomera 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Coomera, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,026 and those without children was $1,984.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Coomera, of couple families with children, 27.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Coomera, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Coomera, 82.5% were separate houses, 16.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Upper Coomera, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 2.9% had 2 bedrooms and 31.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Coomera, 9.8% were owned outright, 41.7% were owned with a mortgage and 46.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Coomera, of all households, 86.2% were family households, 10.0% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Upper Coomera, 12.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Upper Coomera, 26.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Coomera, there were 350 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 167 (or 47.7%) were male and 183 (or 52.3%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Upper Coomera, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,364.

In Upper Coomera, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $390 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.