Coxs Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 160 people in Coxs Creek of these 55.6% were male and 44.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Coxs Creek was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Coxs Creek aged 15 years and over, 60.2% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coxs Creek was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Coxs Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coxs Creek was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Coxs Creek 36.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.6% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 5.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coxs Creek were Australian 37.1%, English 23.4%, Scottish 10.7%, Irish 3.4% and Dutch 3.4%.

In Coxs Creek, 80.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.9%, South Africa 1.9% and Turkey 1.9%.

In Coxs Creek, 80.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coxs Creek were Anglican 41.2%, Catholic 16.9%, Uniting Church 11.2%, No Religion 6.2% and Pentecostal 3.8%.

In Coxs Creek 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 62 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coxs Creek. Of these 54.8% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coxs Creek, 15.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coxs Creek was 58 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Coxs Creek were Managers 34.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 22.4%, Labourers 20.7%, Professionals 5.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.2% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Coxs Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 31.6%, School Education 10.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.8%, Coal Mining 7.0% and Residential Building Construction 7.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coxs Creek was $436.

In Coxs Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 27.6%, Bus 5.2%, Motorbike/scooter 5.2%, Car as driver, car as passenger, bicycle 5.2% and Car as driver, motorbike/scooter, bicycle 5.2%. On the day, 5.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 31.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coxs Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 39.7% 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 Coxs Creek, 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coxs Creek, 47.2% were couple families with children, 52.8% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Coxs Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coxs Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Coxs Creek, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coxs Creek, 75.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coxs Creek, 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 Coxs Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coxs Creek, 66.7% were owned outright, 5.9% were owned with a mortgage and 21.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Coxs Creek, of all households, 75.5% were family households, 24.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Coxs Creek, 45.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Coxs Creek, 31.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coxs Creek, 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 Coxs Creek, 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 Coxs Creek, 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.