Cottage Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 113 people in Cottage Point of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cottage Point was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.8% of the population.

Of people in Cottage Point aged 15 years and over, 65.0% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cottage Point was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 16 years.

In Cottage Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cottage Point was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 0 years.

In Cottage Point 37.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.8% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cottage Point were English 26.4%, Australian 20.8%, Scottish 9.4%, Irish 8.8% and Italian 3.8%.

In Cottage Point, 70.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 4.4% and South Africa 3.5%.

In Cottage Point, 55.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cottage Point were No Religion 23.7%, Catholic 21.1%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Judaism 5.3%.

In Cottage Point 77.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 4.3% and Dutch 2.6%.

Employment

There were 55 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cottage Point. Of these 54.5% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cottage Point, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cottage Point was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Cottage Point were Professionals 38.5%, Managers 30.8%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Cottage Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 13.2%, Management and Related Consulting Services 9.4%, Residential Building Construction 7.5%, Furniture, Floor Covering and Other Goods Wholesaling 7.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 7.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cottage Point was $937.

In Cottage Point, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.0% and Walked only 7.5%. 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 69.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cottage Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.1% 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 Cottage Point, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cottage Point, 23.3% were couple families with children, 56.7% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Cottage Point 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cottage Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $3,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Cottage Point, of couple families with children, 33.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cottage Point, 60.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 39.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cottage Point, 91.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cottage Point, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 27.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cottage Point, 44.4% were owned outright, 38.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Cottage Point, of all households, 91.2% were family households, 8.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Cottage Point, 0.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 30.0% 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 Cottage Point, 14.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 62.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cottage Point, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Cottage Point, 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 Cottage Point, 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.