Cobbitty (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 649 people were counted in Cobbitty (L): of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Of the total population 1.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Cobbitty (L) there were 136 children aged 0-14 years and 148 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Cobbitty (L), 588 people were Australian citizens, 112 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Cobbitty (L), 58.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.8% were separated or divorced, 3.4% were widowed and 29.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Cobbitty (L), 79.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Cobbitty (L) were England 6.6%, Italy 1.5%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 0.9% and Netherlands 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Cobbitty (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 34.1%, Anglican 33.4%, Uniting Church 7.7%, No Religion 7.6% and Baptist 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Cobbitty (L), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Maltese 2.5%, Italian 2.2%, Nepali 0.8%, Finnish 0.6% and German 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 360 people aged 15 years and over in Cobbitty (L) were in the labour force. Of these 68.1% worked full-time, 27.8% worked part-time, 1.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 2.2% were unemployed. 141 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Cobbitty (L), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 11.9%, Professionals 11.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.2%, Associate Professionals 6.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.6%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 4.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.4% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Cobbitty (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 7.8%, Construction Trade Services 5.6%, Agriculture 4.5%, Business Services 3.9% and Food Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Cobbitty (L), 181 families were counted: of these, 36.5% were couple families without children, 55.8% were couple families with children, 6.1% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Cobbitty (L), 217 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Cobbitty (L), 97.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Cobbitty (L), 46.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 29.5% were being purchased and 15.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Cobbitty (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 45.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 78.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Cobbitty (L), 82.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.9% were single (or lone) person households and 1.8% were group households.