Coes Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,229 people in Coes Creek of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Coes Creek was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Coes Creek aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coes Creek was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Coes Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coes Creek was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Coes Creek 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 27.6% in secondary school and 19.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coes Creek were English 32.6%, Australian 28.2%, Scottish 9.5%, Irish 8.7% and German 5.3%.

In Coes Creek, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 2.4%, Philippines 0.9%, South Africa 0.8% and Germany 0.7%.

In Coes Creek, 69.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coes Creek were No Religion 26.0%, Catholic 18.0%, Anglican 15.3%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Christian, nfd 7.3%.

In Coes Creek 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.5%, Dutch 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Filipino 0.3%.

Employment

There were 636 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coes Creek. Of these 51.9% were employed full time, 36.6% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coes Creek, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coes Creek was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Coes Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Professionals 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Labourers 12.1%, Managers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Coes Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.1%, School Education 6.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4% and Local Government Administration 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coes Creek was $508.

In Coes Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.9%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Walked only 2.0%, Truck 1.2% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coes Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.5% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.9% 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 Coes Creek, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coes Creek, 42.6% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 15.4% were one parent families.

In Coes Creek 6.8% of single parents were male and 93.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coes Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,542.

Employment status of couple families

In Coes Creek, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coes Creek, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coes 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 Coes Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 5.1% had 2 bedrooms and 51.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coes Creek, 36.6% were owned outright, 42.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Coes Creek, of all households, 81.2% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Coes Creek, 23.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Coes Creek, 30.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coes Creek, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 38.7%) were male and 19 (or 61.3%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Coes Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Coes Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.