Cooloola (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 32,988 people were counted in Cooloola (S): of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 1.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooloola (S) there were 7,445 children aged 0-14 years and 8,718 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooloola (S), 30,505 people were Australian citizens, 3,165 were born overseas and 235 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooloola (S), 55.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.2% were separated or divorced, 6.6% were widowed and 25.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Cooloola (S), 85.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Cooloola (S) were England 3.3%, New Zealand 1.7%, Germany 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and Netherlands 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Cooloola (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 21.3%, Catholic 17.5%, No Religion 17.1%, Uniting Church 14.5% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooloola (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.4%, Italian 0.2%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.1% and French 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 13,651 people aged 15 years and over in Cooloola (S) were in the labour force. Of these 53.7% worked full-time, 32.4% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.1% were unemployed. 10,785 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooloola (S), the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 6.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.0%, Professionals 5.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.5%, Managers and Administrators 5.0%, Associate Professionals 5.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Cooloola (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 4.7%, Education 3.8%, Food Retailing 3.3%, Health Services 2.8% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Cooloola (S), 8,975 families were counted: of these, 41.9% were couple families without children, 41.4% were couple families with children, 15.6% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Cooloola (S), 12,783 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Cooloola (S), 87.3% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.3% were flats, units or apartments and 5.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooloola (S), 44.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.5% were being purchased and 23.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Cooloola (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 37.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 52.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Cooloola (S), 69.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.6% were group households.