Cotter - Namadgi

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 549 people in Cotter - Namadgi of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Cotter - Namadgi was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.7% of the population.

Of people in Cotter - Namadgi aged 15 years and over, 46.7% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cotter - Namadgi was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Cotter - Namadgi, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cotter - Namadgi was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Cotter - Namadgi 37.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 27.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cotter - Namadgi were English 28.9%, Australian 28.7%, Irish 10.9%, Scottish 9.0% and German 3.8%.

In Cotter - Namadgi, 78.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.4%, Philippines 1.6%, United States of America 1.5% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Cotter - Namadgi, 62.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cotter - Namadgi were No Religion 35.0%, Anglican 21.4%, Catholic 20.1%, Christian, nfd 3.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Cotter - Namadgi 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.5%, Mandarin 0.9%, Italian 0.7%, Croatian 0.7% and Vietnamese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 342 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cotter - Namadgi. Of these 69.6% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 0.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cotter - Namadgi, 6.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cotter - Namadgi was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Cotter - Namadgi included Managers 20.5%, Professionals 18.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Labourers 9.1%, Sales Workers 4.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Cotter - Namadgi, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 10.2%, Amusement and Other Recreation Activities 10.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.5%, School Education 4.1% and Tertiary Education 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cotter - Namadgi was $855.

In Cotter - Namadgi, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.1%, Walked only 12.6%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Other 2.9% and Motorbike/scooter 2.1%. 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 60.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cotter - Namadgi, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.0% 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 Cotter - Namadgi, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cotter - Namadgi, 50.0% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Cotter - Namadgi 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cotter - Namadgi, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,020 and those without children was $2,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Cotter - Namadgi, of couple families with children, 40.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cotter - Namadgi, 88.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cotter - Namadgi, 95.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 3.3% were other dwellings.

In Cotter - Namadgi, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 35.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cotter - Namadgi, 15.7% were owned outright, 28.6% were owned with a mortgage and 51.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Cotter - Namadgi, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 21.3% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Cotter - Namadgi, 13.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.4% 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 Cotter - Namadgi, 29.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cotter - Namadgi, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Cotter - Namadgi, 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 $0.

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