Cowwarr

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 376 people in Cowwarr of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Cowwarr was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Cowwarr aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cowwarr was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Cowwarr, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cowwarr was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Cowwarr 33.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.2% were in primary school, 37.9% in secondary school and 7.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cowwarr were Australian 31.9%, English 31.1%, Irish 11.8%, Scottish 6.4% and Italian 2.4%.

In Cowwarr, 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 1.6%, Scotland 1.1%, Malta 0.8% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Cowwarr, 78.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cowwarr were Catholic 30.4%, No Religion 26.1%, Anglican 20.5%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Buddhism 1.1%.

In Cowwarr 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 193 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cowwarr. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cowwarr, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cowwarr was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Cowwarr included Managers 27.4%, Professionals 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Labourers 11.3%, Sales Workers 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Cowwarr, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 11.8%, School Education 8.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.5%, Hospitals 3.2% and Electricity Generation 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cowwarr was $606.

In Cowwarr, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Walked only 3.7%, Motorbike/scooter 1.6% and Car as passenger, motorbike/scooter 1.6%. 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 62.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cowwarr, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.2% 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 Cowwarr, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cowwarr, 46.4% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Cowwarr, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,549 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Cowwarr, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cowwarr, 83.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cowwarr, 97.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cowwarr, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 12.3% had 2 bedrooms and 54.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cowwarr, 37.5% were owned outright, 42.5% were owned with a mortgage and 20.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Cowwarr, of all households, 80.7% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Cowwarr, 24.1% 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 Cowwarr, 16.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cowwarr, 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 13 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 Cowwarr, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Cowwarr, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,100.