Costello

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 317 people in Costello of these 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 62.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Costello was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.4% of the population.

Of people in Costello aged 15 years and over, 45.2% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Costello was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Costello, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Costello was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Costello 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.0% were in primary school, 9.0% in secondary school and 6.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Costello were Australian Aboriginal 54.5%, Australian 12.7%, English 8.1%, Irish 2.1% and Scottish 1.2%.

In Costello, 79.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.5%, Cyprus 1.3%, Greece 1.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9% and Germany 0.9%.

In Costello, 88.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Costello were No Religion 24.3%, Baptist 15.5%, Other Protestant 9.1%, Anglican 7.9% and Catholic 7.9%.

In Costello 39.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Alyawarr 13.5%, Warlpiri 10.0%, Kaytetye 4.7%, Warumungu 2.2% and German 1.3%.

Employment

There were 98 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Costello. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 17.3% were employed part-time and 16.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Costello, 3.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Costello was 30 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Costello were Labourers 30.0%, Managers 26.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.0%, Professionals 3.8% and Sales Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Costello, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 34.6%, Local Government Administration 14.1%, Other Mining Support Services 5.1%, Pipeline and Other Transport 5.1% and Central Government Administration 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Costello was $295.

In Costello, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 41.8%, Car, as driver 20.3%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 3.8% and Other 3.8%. 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 30.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Costello, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.8% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 5.2% 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 Costello, 17.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Costello, 39.0% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 18.6% were one parent families.

In Costello 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Costello, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Costello, of couple families with children, 13.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 6.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Costello, 55.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 44.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Costello, 79.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 20.9% were other dwellings.

In Costello, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Costello, 13.0% were owned outright, 4.3% were owned with a mortgage and 60.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Costello, of all households, 74.6% were family households, 20.9% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Costello, 39.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Costello, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Costello, there were 198 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 100 (or 50.5%) were male and 98 (or 49.5%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Costello, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $549.

In Costello, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $15 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.