Coromandel East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 315 people in Coromandel East of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Coromandel East was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Coromandel East aged 15 years and over, 67.2% were married and 5.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coromandel East was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Coromandel East, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coromandel East was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Coromandel East 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.1% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 27.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coromandel East were English 41.6%, Australian 24.5%, Irish 6.9%, German 6.7% and Dutch 3.3%.

In Coromandel East, 70.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 17.7%, Hungary 1.3%, Ireland 0.9%, Italy 0.9% and Philippines 0.9%.

In Coromandel East, 52.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coromandel East were No Religion 29.5%, Anglican 15.2%, Catholic 12.7%, Uniting Church 12.7% and Baptist 6.0%.

In Coromandel East 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.9%, German 0.9% and Hungarian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 192 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coromandel East. Of these 52.6% were employed full time, 40.1% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coromandel East, 19.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coromandel East was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Coromandel East included Professionals 31.8%, Managers 20.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 6.2%, Labourers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Coromandel East, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 12.6%, Hospitals 5.2%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.7% and Residential Care Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coromandel East was $793.

In Coromandel East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.2%, Train 4.2%, Walked only 4.2%, Car, as passenger 2.1% and Other 1.6%. On the day, 6.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coromandel East, of people aged 15 years and over, 87.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 15.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.6% 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 Coromandel East, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coromandel East, 49.5% were couple families with children, 47.4% were couple families without children and 3.2% were one parent families.

In Coromandel East 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coromandel East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,625 and those without children was $2,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Coromandel East, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 11.1% had both employed part-time and 34.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coromandel East, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coromandel East, 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 Coromandel East, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.6% had 2 bedrooms and 31.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coromandel East, 45.5% were owned outright, 47.3% were owned with a mortgage and 4.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Coromandel East, of all households, 84.5% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Coromandel East, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.7% 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 Coromandel East, 12.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 56.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coromandel East, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Coromandel East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Coromandel East, 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.