Cowell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,069 people in Cowell of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cowell was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Cowell aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cowell was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Cowell, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cowell was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Cowell 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 16.1% in secondary school and 6.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cowell were Australian 32.7%, English 30.4%, German 9.2%, Scottish 6.4% and Irish 5.4%.

In Cowell, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.6%, Ethiopia 0.5% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Cowell, 83.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cowell were No Religion 27.1%, Uniting Church 19.5%, Catholic 13.3%, Lutheran 11.1% and Anglican 10.6%.

In Cowell 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Japanese 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.5%, Swedish 0.4% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 500 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cowell. Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 33.4% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cowell, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cowell was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Cowell included Managers 24.1%, Labourers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.9%, Professionals 8.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.2% and Sales Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Cowell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.7%, Other Mining Support Services 7.8%, Metal Ore Mining 6.7%, Aquaculture 6.1% and Allied Health Services 5.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cowell was $429.

In Cowell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.3%, Walked only 8.6%, Bus 5.7%, Car, as passenger 5.0% and Other 2.5%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cowell, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 37.2% 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 Cowell, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cowell, 37.5% were couple families with children, 52.9% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Cowell 28.0% of single parents were male and 72.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cowell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,796 and those without children was $1,430.

Employment status of couple families

In Cowell, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 27.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cowell, 76.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cowell, 89.6% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Cowell, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 56.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cowell, 46.4% were owned outright, 27.0% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Cowell, of all households, 69.2% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Cowell, 40.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Cowell, 28.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cowell, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 50.0%) were male and 5 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Cowell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Cowell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.