Coral Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,127 people in Coral Cove of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Coral Cove was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Coral Cove aged 15 years and over, 64.9% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coral Cove was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Coral Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coral Cove was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Coral Cove 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.2% were in primary school, 28.0% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coral Cove were English 33.8%, Australian 30.8%, Scottish 7.3%, Irish 6.7% and German 4.9%.

In Coral Cove, 78.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 1.7%, South Africa 1.7%, Italy 1.1% and Germany 0.7%.

In Coral Cove, 67.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coral Cove were Anglican 25.6%, Catholic 23.4%, No Religion 18.9%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Baptist 3.6%.

In Coral Cove 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Turkish 1.3%, Mandarin 0.9%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Urdu 0.6% and Dutch 0.5%.

Employment

There were 526 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coral Cove. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coral Cove, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coral Cove was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Coral Cove included Professionals 17.5%, Managers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Labourers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Coral Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.3%, Hospitals 3.3% and Local Government Administration 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coral Cove was $529.

In Coral Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.5%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Bus 2.1%, Other 0.8% and Truck 0.6%. 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 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coral Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.7% 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 Coral Cove, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coral Cove, 39.4% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Coral Cove 7.9% of single parents were male and 92.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coral Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,274 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Coral Cove, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coral Cove, 86.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coral Cove, 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 Coral Cove, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.6% had 2 bedrooms and 26.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coral Cove, 28.9% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 34.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Coral Cove, of all households, 89.9% were family households, 9.1% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Coral Cove, 21.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.5% 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 Coral Cove, 30.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coral Cove, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 38.9%) were male and 11 (or 61.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Coral Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Coral Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $315 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.