Cotswold Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,211 people in Cotswold Hills of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Cotswold Hills was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Cotswold Hills aged 15 years and over, 70.0% were married and 5.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cotswold Hills was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Cotswold Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cotswold Hills was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Cotswold Hills 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 26.8% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cotswold Hills were Australian 32.7%, English 27.3%, Irish 9.9%, German 9.9% and Scottish 8.3%.

In Cotswold Hills, 88.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, New Zealand 0.8%, South Africa 0.7%, Italy 0.3% and Scotland 0.3%.

In Cotswold Hills, 85.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cotswold Hills were Catholic 29.0%, Anglican 22.1%, Uniting Church 7.9%, No Religion 7.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.7%.

In Cotswold Hills 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Auslan 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.2%, Danish 0.2%, Finnish 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 658 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cotswold Hills. Of these 64.0% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cotswold Hills, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cotswold Hills was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Cotswold Hills included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.5%, Managers 17.2%, Professionals 15.0%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Labourers 7.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Cotswold Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.6%, Residential Building Construction 5.3%, Building Installation Services 4.2%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cotswold Hills was $704.

In Cotswold Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.7%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Truck 2.3%, Walked only 1.7% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cotswold Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% 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, 23.1% 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 Cotswold Hills, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cotswold Hills, 49.9% were couple families with children, 45.1% were couple families without children and 4.2% were one parent families.

In Cotswold Hills 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cotswold Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,354 and those without children was $2,156.

Employment status of couple families

In Cotswold Hills, of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cotswold Hills, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cotswold Hills, 98.2% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cotswold Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.0% had 2 bedrooms and 15.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cotswold Hills, 50.9% were owned outright, 43.1% were owned with a mortgage and 3.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Cotswold Hills, of all households, 91.1% were family households, 7.9% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Cotswold Hills, 9.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.8% 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 Cotswold Hills, 14.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cotswold Hills, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Cotswold Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cotswold Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,467.