Cooee Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,255 people in Cooee Bay of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Cooee Bay was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Cooee Bay aged 15 years and over, 39.7% were married and 17.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cooee Bay was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Cooee Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cooee Bay was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Cooee Bay 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 17.3% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cooee Bay were English 31.0%, Australian 28.8%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 7.9% and German 5.0%.

In Cooee Bay, 82.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.0%, England 3.1%, Scotland 0.6%, Libya 0.4% and Italy 0.3%.

In Cooee Bay, 74.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cooee Bay were No Religion 26.9%, Catholic 25.5%, Anglican 16.1%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Cooee Bay 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Danish 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Croatian 0.2% and Hindi 0.2%.

Employment

There were 613 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cooee Bay. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cooee Bay, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cooee Bay was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Cooee Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Professionals 18.2%, Managers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Labourers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Cooee Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 4.6%, Coal Mining 4.5%, School Education 4.3%, Tertiary Education 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cooee Bay was $587.

In Cooee Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Walked only 2.4%, Bus 1.7% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cooee Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Cooee Bay, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cooee Bay, 29.2% were couple families with children, 46.2% were couple families without children and 23.7% were one parent families.

In Cooee Bay 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cooee Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,277 and those without children was $2,050.

Employment status of couple families

In Cooee Bay, of couple families with children, 27.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 11.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cooee Bay, 75.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooee Bay, 72.1% were separate houses, 7.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.3% were flats, units or apartments and 5.9% were other dwellings.

In Cooee Bay, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 35.1% had 2 bedrooms and 38.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooee Bay, 31.0% were owned outright, 18.2% were owned with a mortgage and 48.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Cooee Bay, of all households, 62.3% were family households, 32.3% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In Cooee Bay, 30.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Cooee Bay, 46.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cooee Bay, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 62.1%) were male and 11 (or 37.9%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Cooee Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Cooee Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,900.