Coopers Shoot

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 321 people in Coopers Shoot of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Coopers Shoot was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Coopers Shoot aged 15 years and over, 46.2% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coopers Shoot was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Coopers Shoot, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coopers Shoot was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Coopers Shoot 33.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.0% were in primary school, 29.5% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coopers Shoot were Australian 29.2%, English 26.7%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 6.5% and German 4.5%.

In Coopers Shoot, 73.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Germany 1.6%, Chile 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and South Africa 1.2%.

In Coopers Shoot, 63.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coopers Shoot were No Religion 35.2%, Catholic 15.9%, Anglican 14.6%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Buddhism 3.7%.

In Coopers Shoot 86.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.9%, Danish 0.9%, Spanish 0.9% and Japanese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 151 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coopers Shoot. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coopers Shoot, 16.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coopers Shoot was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Coopers Shoot included Managers 25.5%, Professionals 24.2%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.4%, Labourers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Coopers Shoot, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Allied Health Services 5.4%, Residential Building Construction 4.7%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.0% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coopers Shoot was $422.

In Coopers Shoot, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.7%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 3.4%, Walked only 3.4% and Bus 2.7%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coopers Shoot, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.3% 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 Coopers Shoot, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coopers Shoot, 45.5% were couple families with children, 40.9% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Coopers Shoot 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coopers Shoot, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Coopers Shoot, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coopers Shoot, 75.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coopers Shoot, 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 Coopers Shoot, of occupied private dwellings 15.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.6% had 2 bedrooms and 32.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coopers Shoot, 39.1% were owned outright, 25.2% were owned with a mortgage and 30.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Coopers Shoot, of all households, 72.2% were family households, 22.6% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Coopers Shoot, 24.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.6% 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 Coopers Shoot, 27.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coopers Shoot, 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 0 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 Coopers Shoot, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Coopers Shoot, 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.