Cooloolabin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 426 people in Cooloolabin of these 54.5% were male and 45.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Cooloolabin was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Cooloolabin aged 15 years and over, 52.2% were married and 16.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cooloolabin was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Cooloolabin, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cooloolabin was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Cooloolabin 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.2% were in primary school, 11.7% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cooloolabin were English 31.7%, Australian 23.9%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 7.4% and German 4.6%.

In Cooloolabin, 78.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 3.5%, United States of America 2.3%, Thailand 1.9% and Switzerland 1.2%.

In Cooloolabin, 67.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cooloolabin were No Religion 37.2%, Catholic 13.4%, Anglican 11.5%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Christian, nfd 4.7%.

In Cooloolabin 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Thai 2.4%.

Employment

There were 207 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cooloolabin. Of these 52.7% were employed full time, 37.7% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cooloolabin, 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cooloolabin was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Cooloolabin included Managers 16.8%, Professionals 13.9%, Labourers 13.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9% and Sales Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Cooloolabin, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Hospitals 4.0%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.5% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cooloolabin was $543.

In Cooloolabin, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.0%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Walked only 4.0% and Truck 1.5%. 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 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cooloolabin, of people aged 15 years and over, 85.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.6% 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 Cooloolabin, 32.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 22.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cooloolabin, 41.5% were couple families with children, 44.1% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Cooloolabin 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cooloolabin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,729 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Cooloolabin, of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cooloolabin, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooloolabin, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Cooloolabin, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.4% had 2 bedrooms and 38.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cooloolabin, 51.6% were owned outright, 30.6% were owned with a mortgage and 15.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Cooloolabin, of all households, 69.4% were family households, 22.3% were single person households and 8.3% were group households.

In Cooloolabin, 23.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Cooloolabin, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cooloolabin, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 3 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 Cooloolabin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cooloolabin, 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.