Coorabell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 421 people in Coorabell of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Coorabell was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Coorabell aged 15 years and over, 46.6% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coorabell was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Coorabell, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coorabell was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Coorabell 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.5% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coorabell were English 31.0%, Australian 20.8%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 6.8% and Italian 3.7%.

In Coorabell, 68.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.0%, New Zealand 2.1%, United States of America 1.4%, Canada 1.2% and Austria 0.7%.

In Coorabell, 54.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coorabell were No Religion 45.7%, Anglican 16.9%, Catholic 9.5%, Buddhism 3.8% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Coorabell 87.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 1.7%, German 1.0%, Italian 0.7%, Polish 0.7% and Punjabi 0.7%.

Employment

There were 223 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coorabell. Of these 50.7% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 9.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coorabell, 17.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coorabell was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Coorabell included Professionals 25.4%, Managers 23.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Labourers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.6%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Coorabell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.6%, Tertiary Education 5.1%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.6%, Real Estate Services 4.6% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coorabell was $544.

In Coorabell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.9%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Walked only 2.6%, Motorbike/scooter 2.1% and Train, car as driver 2.1%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coorabell, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 8.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.9% 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 Coorabell, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coorabell, 42.6% were couple families with children, 40.9% were couple families without children and 16.5% were one parent families.

In Coorabell 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coorabell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Coorabell, of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 10.1% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coorabell, 85.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coorabell, 93.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.2% were other dwellings.

In Coorabell, of occupied private dwellings 11.2% had 1 bedroom, 20.5% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coorabell, 43.1% were owned outright, 21.9% were owned with a mortgage and 33.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Coorabell, of all households, 69.8% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 6.9% were group households.

In Coorabell, 31.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.4% 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 Coorabell, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coorabell, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Coorabell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $233.

In Coorabell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.