Cowandilla

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,355 people in Cowandilla of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cowandilla was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in Cowandilla aged 15 years and over, 35.6% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Cowandilla, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cowandilla was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Cowandilla 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.2% were in primary school, 12.5% in secondary school and 38.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cowandilla were Australian 19.8%, English 19.2%, Greek 11.0%, Irish 5.9% and Italian 5.9%.

In Cowandilla, 61.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 5.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.8%, India 2.4%, Italy 2.3% and England 2.1%.

In Cowandilla, 42.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cowandilla were No Religion 24.7%, Catholic 24.6%, Eastern Orthodox 15.3%, Anglican 6.9% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

In Cowandilla 58.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 12.9%, Italian 4.1%, Mandarin 3.5%, Arabic 1.6% and Vietnamese 1.1%.

Employment

There were 634 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cowandilla. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cowandilla, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Cowandilla included Professionals 20.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.0%, Labourers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Managers 9.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Cowandilla, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.7%, Hospitals 5.8%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.4%, Residential Care Services 3.1% and Central Government Administration 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cowandilla was $495.

In Cowandilla, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.2%, Bus 13.3%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 2.6% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 14.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cowandilla, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.9% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.9% 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 Cowandilla, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cowandilla, 38.7% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In Cowandilla 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cowandilla, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,908 and those without children was $2,441.

Employment status of couple families

In Cowandilla, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cowandilla, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cowandilla, 73.4% were separate houses, 6.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cowandilla, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 36.3% had 2 bedrooms and 43.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cowandilla, 31.1% were owned outright, 23.6% were owned with a mortgage and 41.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cowandilla, of all households, 55.4% were family households, 33.9% were single person households and 10.7% were group households.

In Cowandilla, 33.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Cowandilla, 42.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cowandilla, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 54.5%) were male and 5 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 54 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 Cowandilla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $766.

In Cowandilla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $113 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.