Cobargo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 638 people in Cobargo of these 44.2% were male and 55.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Cobargo was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Cobargo aged 15 years and over, 44.8% were married and 16.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cobargo was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Cobargo, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cobargo was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Cobargo 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.7% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cobargo were Australian 32.5%, English 32.0%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.6%.

In Cobargo, 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.7%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.6%, Malta 0.6% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Cobargo, 74.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cobargo were No Religion 31.3%, Anglican 24.3%, Catholic 16.5%, Christian, nfd 5.0% and Buddhism 3.1%.

In Cobargo 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, German 0.5%, Greek 0.5%, Spanish 0.5% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 233 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cobargo. Of these 50.2% were employed full time, 38.2% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cobargo, 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cobargo was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Cobargo included Managers 19.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Professionals 14.0%, Labourers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Cobargo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.8%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.5%, School Education 4.1% and Other Social Assistance Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cobargo was $375.

In Cobargo, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 56.1%, Walked only 5.0%, Car, as passenger 4.5% and Other 1.8%. 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 59.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cobargo, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 16.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.0% 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 Cobargo, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cobargo, 36.7% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 21.1% were one parent families.

In Cobargo 8.6% of single parents were male and 91.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cobargo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,218.

Employment status of couple families

In Cobargo, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cobargo, 85.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobargo, 91.8% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 4.5% were other dwellings.

In Cobargo, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 15.1% had 2 bedrooms and 51.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobargo, 43.9% were owned outright, 28.7% were owned with a mortgage and 24.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cobargo, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Cobargo, 45.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 Cobargo, 41.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cobargo, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 33.3%) were male and 24 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Cobargo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,125.

In Cobargo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.