Coopernook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 519 people in Coopernook of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Coopernook was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.1% of the population.

Of people in Coopernook aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coopernook was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Coopernook, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coopernook was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Coopernook 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coopernook were Australian 37.5%, English 36.4%, Scottish 6.3%, Irish 4.6% and Italian 1.8%.

In Coopernook, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, Malta 0.6%, New Zealand 0.6%, Philippines 0.6% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Coopernook, 81.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coopernook were Anglican 33.7%, No Religion 16.6%, Catholic 14.8%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Christian, nfd 6.6%.

In Coopernook 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.6% and Filipino 0.6%.

Employment

There were 202 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coopernook. Of these 48.0% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 12.4% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Coopernook, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coopernook was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Coopernook included Labourers 16.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.8%, Professionals 13.3%, Managers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8% and Sales Workers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Coopernook, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.1%, Dairy Cattle Farming 6.0%, Building Installation Services 3.8%, Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 3.8% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coopernook was $383.

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In Coopernook, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.5%, Car, as passenger 6.1% and Walked only 5.5%. 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 68.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coopernook, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.7% 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 Coopernook, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coopernook, 37.0% were couple families with children, 47.1% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Coopernook 31.8% of single parents were male and 68.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coopernook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,468 and those without children was $1,458.

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Employment status of couple families

In Coopernook, of couple families with children, 8.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coopernook, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coopernook, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Coopernook, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 16.4% had 2 bedrooms and 58.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coopernook, 44.4% were owned outright, 31.4% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Coopernook, of all households, 67.8% were family households, 29.8% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Coopernook, 38.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Coopernook, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coopernook, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 35.5%) were male and 20 (or 64.5%) 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 Coopernook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $579.

In Coopernook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,409.