Cooltong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 317 people in Cooltong of these 55.5% were male and 44.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Cooltong was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in Cooltong aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cooltong was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Cooltong, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cooltong was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Cooltong 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cooltong were English 25.3%, Australian 24.2%, Greek 14.4%, German 6.7% and Italian 3.9%.

In Cooltong, 74.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 6.0%, India 4.7%, Vietnam 2.8%, Philippines 1.6% and Italy 1.3%.

In Cooltong, 54.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cooltong were Eastern Orthodox 21.6%, No Religion 15.4%, Catholic 12.9%, Anglican 9.1% and Sikhism 7.2%.

In Cooltong 57.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 20.8%, Punjabi 7.9%, Vietnamese 3.5%, Turkish 2.8% and Italian 1.9%.

Employment

There were 174 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cooltong. Of these 48.9% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cooltong, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cooltong was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Cooltong included Managers 27.8%, Labourers 22.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.4%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Professionals 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Cooltong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 32.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.0%, Department Stores 2.4% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cooltong was $455.

In Cooltong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.4%, Walked only 6.7%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Motorbike/scooter 2.4% and Truck 1.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cooltong, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 6.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Cooltong, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cooltong, 50.6% were couple families with children, 34.8% were couple families without children and 14.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Cooltong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Cooltong, of couple families with children, 17.3% had both partners employed full-time, 10.7% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cooltong, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooltong, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cooltong, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 9.3% had 2 bedrooms and 49.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooltong, 41.5% were owned outright, 34.0% were owned with a mortgage and 21.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Cooltong, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 17.6% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Cooltong, 31.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Cooltong, 16.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cooltong, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Cooltong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cooltong, 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.