Cooks Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,621 people in Cooks Hill of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Cooks Hill was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4% of the population.

Of people in Cooks Hill aged 15 years and over, 28.9% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cooks Hill was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Cooks Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cooks Hill was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Cooks Hill 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.7% were in primary school, 10.0% in secondary school and 47.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cooks Hill were English 30.2%, Australian 26.4%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 9.0% and German 3.1%.

In Cooks Hill, 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.4%, United States of America 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Cooks Hill, 69.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cooks Hill were No Religion 35.7%, Catholic 22.7%, Anglican 18.5%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Cooks Hill 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.5%, Greek 0.4%, Cantonese 0.3%, German 0.3% and Mandarin 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,199 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cooks Hill. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cooks Hill, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cooks Hill was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Cooks Hill included Professionals 41.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Managers 10.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Labourers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Cooks Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.0%, Tertiary Education 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, School Education 5.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cooks Hill was $752.

In Cooks Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.7%, Walked only 12.7%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Bicycle 2.9% and Bus 2.2%. On the day, 5.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cooks Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.4% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Cooks Hill, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cooks Hill, 30.6% were couple families with children, 48.5% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In Cooks Hill 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cooks Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,098 and those without children was $2,431.

Employment status of couple families

In Cooks Hill, of couple families with children, 29.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cooks Hill, 90.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooks Hill, 27.8% were separate houses, 45.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 26.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Cooks Hill, of occupied private dwellings 9.0% had 1 bedroom, 43.2% had 2 bedrooms and 36.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooks Hill, 20.8% were owned outright, 23.4% were owned with a mortgage and 53.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cooks Hill, of all households, 50.2% were family households, 35.6% were single person households and 14.2% were group households.

In Cooks Hill, 25.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.4% 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 Cooks Hill, 43.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cooks Hill, there were 80 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 42.5%) were male and 46 (or 57.5%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Cooks Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Cooks Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.