Cockatoo Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 517 people in Cockatoo Valley of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cockatoo Valley was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Cockatoo Valley aged 15 years and over, 61.4% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cockatoo Valley was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Cockatoo Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cockatoo Valley was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Cockatoo Valley 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.8% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cockatoo Valley were English 38.5%, Australian 33.6%, German 7.2%, Irish 5.9% and Scottish 4.7%.

In Cockatoo Valley, 74.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 15.1%, Germany 1.5%, Ireland 1.2%, Austria 1.0% and Korea, Republic of (South) 0.8%.

In Cockatoo Valley, 54.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cockatoo Valley were No Religion 31.9%, Catholic 17.8%, Anglican 17.4%, Lutheran 8.3% and Uniting Church 6.9%.

In Cockatoo Valley 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Czech 0.6%.

Employment

There were 283 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cockatoo Valley. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cockatoo Valley, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cockatoo Valley was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Cockatoo Valley included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.1%, Professionals 17.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Managers 9.9%, Labourers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Cockatoo Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, State Government Administration 3.8%, Beverage Manufacturing 3.4%, Building Installation Services 3.4% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cockatoo Valley was $635.

In Cockatoo Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Walked only 2.3%, Train 1.5%, Bus 1.1% and Car, as passenger 1.1%. 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 Cockatoo Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Cockatoo Valley, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cockatoo Valley, 56.6% were couple families with children, 33.8% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Cockatoo Valley 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cockatoo Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,234 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Cockatoo Valley, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 38.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cockatoo Valley, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cockatoo Valley, 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 Cockatoo Valley, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.7% had 2 bedrooms and 35.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cockatoo Valley, 35.8% were owned outright, 56.4% were owned with a mortgage and 4.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cockatoo Valley, of all households, 85.3% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Cockatoo Valley, 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Cockatoo Valley, 13.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 47.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cockatoo Valley, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Cockatoo Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cockatoo Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.