Copmanhurst

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 487 people in Copmanhurst of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Copmanhurst was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Copmanhurst aged 15 years and over, 48.6% were married and 18.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Copmanhurst was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Copmanhurst, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Copmanhurst was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 57 years.

In Copmanhurst 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.7% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Copmanhurst were Australian 36.0%, English 30.2%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.7% and German 6.0%.

In Copmanhurst, 82.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, Germany 1.4%, New Zealand 1.2%, Austria 0.6% and Denmark 0.6%.

In Copmanhurst, 76.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Copmanhurst were Anglican 32.4%, Catholic 22.1%, No Religion 17.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5% and Uniting Church 4.5%.

In Copmanhurst 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.8%, Spanish 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Polish 0.6% and Filipino 0.6%.

Employment

There were 166 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Copmanhurst. Of these 46.4% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 18.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Copmanhurst, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Copmanhurst was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Copmanhurst included Managers 18.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.0%, Professionals 14.3%, Labourers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Technicians and Trades Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Copmanhurst, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.3%, Residential Care Services 8.3%, School Education 6.8%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 5.3% and Other Social Assistance Services 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Copmanhurst was $342.

In Copmanhurst, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.4%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Motorbike/scooter 2.3%, Car as driver, other 2.3% and Walked only 2.3%. 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 68.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Copmanhurst, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.6% 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 Copmanhurst, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Copmanhurst, 25.4% were couple families with children, 47.0% were couple families without children and 24.6% were one parent families.

In Copmanhurst 11.8% of single parents were male and 88.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Copmanhurst, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,218 and those without children was $1,821.

Employment status of couple families

In Copmanhurst, of couple families with children, 8.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% had both employed part-time and 14.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Copmanhurst, 81.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Copmanhurst, 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 Copmanhurst, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 17.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Copmanhurst, 43.9% were owned outright, 31.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Copmanhurst, of all households, 67.7% were family households, 30.8% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Copmanhurst, 48.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Copmanhurst, 43.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Copmanhurst, there were 41 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 46.3%) were male and 22 (or 53.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Copmanhurst, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Copmanhurst, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $820.