Coromandel Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,282 people in Coromandel Valley of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Coromandel Valley was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Coromandel Valley aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coromandel Valley was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Coromandel Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coromandel Valley was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Coromandel Valley 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 23.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coromandel Valley were English 36.0%, Australian 30.5%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 6.2% and German 6.0%.

In Coromandel Valley, 78.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.3%, New Zealand 0.9%, Germany 0.9%, Scotland 0.8% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Coromandel Valley, 57.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coromandel Valley were No Religion 36.5%, Anglican 14.8%, Catholic 12.3%, Uniting Church 11.1% and Christian, nfd 4.6%.

In Coromandel Valley 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.9%, Dutch 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Hindi 0.2% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,485 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coromandel Valley. Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coromandel Valley, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coromandel Valley was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Coromandel Valley included Professionals 31.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Managers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Labourers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Coromandel Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.4%, Hospitals 5.8%, Tertiary Education 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coromandel Valley was $746.

In Coromandel Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.3%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Train 3.1%, Train, car as driver 1.2% and Train, bus 0.9%. On the day, 7.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coromandel Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.0% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.3% 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 Coromandel Valley, 32.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coromandel Valley, 53.8% were couple families with children, 36.1% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Coromandel Valley 12.1% of single parents were male and 87.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coromandel Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,424 and those without children was $2,214.

Employment status of couple families

In Coromandel Valley, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 32.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coromandel Valley, 95.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coromandel Valley, 97.9% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Coromandel Valley, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coromandel Valley, 35.7% were owned outright, 55.6% were owned with a mortgage and 7.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Coromandel Valley, of all households, 85.1% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Coromandel Valley, 11.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.1% 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 Coromandel Valley, 21.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coromandel Valley, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 50.0%) were male and 11 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Coromandel Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Coromandel 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 $1,235.