Coal Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,730 people in Coal Point of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Coal Point was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.1% of the population.

Of people in Coal Point aged 15 years and over, 63.9% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coal Point was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Coal Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coal Point was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Coal Point 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.1% were in primary school, 29.0% in secondary school and 23.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coal Point were English 33.4%, Australian 29.8%, Scottish 10.4%, Irish 10.0% and German 2.6%.

In Coal Point, 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 0.8%, Scotland 0.8%, South Africa 0.8% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Coal Point, 74.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coal Point were Anglican 24.0%, No Religion 22.7%, Catholic 20.3%, Uniting Church 12.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Coal Point 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 0.4%, Dutch 0.2%, Spanish 0.2%, Italian 0.2% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 842 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coal Point. Of these 55.0% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coal Point, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coal Point was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Coal Point included Professionals 26.8%, Managers 17.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Coal Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Coal Mining 3.4%, Medical Services 3.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coal Point was $667.

In Coal Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Walked only 1.6%, Other 1.4% and Train 1.0%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coal Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Coal Point, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coal Point, 40.3% were couple families with children, 47.5% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Coal Point 17.2% of single parents were male and 82.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coal Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,983 and those without children was $2,343.

Employment status of couple families

In Coal Point, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coal Point, 83.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coal Point, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Coal Point, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coal Point, 48.2% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 15.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Coal Point, of all households, 82.1% were family households, 16.9% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Coal Point, 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.1% 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 Coal Point, 26.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coal Point, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 73.3%) were male and 4 (or 26.7%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Coal Point, 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 $1,291.

In Coal Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $500.