Cowan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 544 people in Cowan of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Cowan was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

Of people in Cowan aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cowan was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Cowan, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cowan was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Cowan 33.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.2% were in primary school, 26.4% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cowan were Australian 33.5%, English 31.1%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 7.0% and German 3.3%.

In Cowan, 80.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, South Africa 2.2%, Germany 0.9%, Canada 0.5% and Finland 0.5%.

In Cowan, 62.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cowan were Anglican 32.0%, No Religion 26.5%, Catholic 12.9%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Pentecostal 3.5%.

In Cowan 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Korean 0.7%, German 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.5%, Finnish 0.5% and Latvian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 297 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cowan. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cowan, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cowan was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Cowan included Professionals 20.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Managers 10.5%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Cowan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.1%, Hospitals 4.4%, Child Care Services 4.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.0% and School Education 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cowan was $588.

In Cowan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Train 8.0%, Car, as passenger 1.8%, Train, car as driver 1.4% and Train, car as passenger 1.4%. On the day, 11.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cowan, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.1% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Cowan, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cowan, 55.2% were couple families with children, 30.5% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Cowan 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cowan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,100 and those without children was $1,708.

Employment status of couple families

In Cowan, of couple families with children, 13.0% had both partners employed full-time, 9.9% had both employed part-time and 35.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cowan, 96.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cowan, 96.2% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Cowan, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 51.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cowan, 38.2% were owned outright, 51.6% were owned with a mortgage and 7.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Cowan, of all households, 81.6% were family households, 15.1% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Cowan, 13.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.5% 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 Cowan, 29.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cowan, 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 40 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 Cowan, 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 Cowan, 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.