South Coogee

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,076 people in South Coogee of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in South Coogee was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in South Coogee aged 15 years and over, 44.8% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Coogee was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In South Coogee, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Coogee was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In South Coogee 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Coogee were English 19.8%, Australian 18.7%, Irish 10.2%, Greek 5.6% and Scottish 5.0%.

In South Coogee, 60.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.7%, South Africa 1.6%, New Zealand 1.4% and Greece 1.3%.

In South Coogee, 40.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Coogee were Catholic 33.3%, No Religion 16.4%, Anglican 13.6%, Eastern Orthodox 9.9% and Judaism 5.5%.

In South Coogee 67.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.3%, Russian 3.0%, Spanish 1.8%, French 1.6% and Cantonese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 2,109 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Coogee. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Coogee, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in South Coogee included Professionals 34.3%, Managers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.4%, Sales Workers 7.3%, Labourers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in South Coogee, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 5.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.0%, Hospitals 4.0%, School Education 3.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Coogee was $579.

In South Coogee, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.3%, Bus 14.7%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Walked only 3.1% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 18.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Coogee, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% 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 South Coogee, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Coogee, 49.9% were couple families with children, 29.2% were couple families without children and 19.0% were one parent families.

In South Coogee 11.1% of single parents were male and 88.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Coogee, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,334 and those without children was $2,852.

Employment status of couple families

In South Coogee, of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Coogee, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Coogee, 41.7% were separate houses, 11.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 46.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In South Coogee, of occupied private dwellings 10.9% had 1 bedroom, 26.5% had 2 bedrooms and 31.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Coogee, 23.5% were owned outright, 20.1% were owned with a mortgage and 51.5% were rented.

Household composition

In South Coogee, of all households, 62.1% were family households, 34.8% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In South Coogee, 37.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.0% 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 South Coogee, 31.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Coogee, there were 79 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 32 (or 40.5%) were male and 47 (or 59.5%) were female. The median age was 27 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 South Coogee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,208.

In South Coogee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $153 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,500.