North Coogee

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 579 people in North Coogee of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in North Coogee was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.9% of the population.

Of people in North Coogee aged 15 years and over, 58.9% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Coogee was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In North Coogee, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Coogee was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In North Coogee 34.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 23.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Coogee were English 25.3%, Australian 23.8%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 7.1% and Italian 7.1%.

In North Coogee, 59.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.1%, South Africa 4.3%, Germany 1.9%, Scotland 1.6% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In North Coogee, 39.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Coogee were Catholic 34.3%, No Religion 19.9%, Anglican 17.3%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In North Coogee 80.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.6%, Serbian 1.6%, Afrikaans 1.4%, Croatian 1.2% and Romanian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 334 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Coogee. Of these 63.2% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Coogee, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Coogee was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in North Coogee included Professionals 30.3%, Managers 26.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Labourers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in North Coogee, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Residential Building Construction 4.0%, Tertiary Education 3.6%, Oil and Gas Extraction 3.3% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Coogee was $1,179.

In North Coogee, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 3.0%, Train 2.7% and Train, car as driver 2.4%. On the day, 9.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Coogee, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 4.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% 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 North Coogee, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Coogee, 55.2% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 6.1% were one parent families.

In North Coogee 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Coogee, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,392 and those without children was $3,399.

Employment status of couple families

In North Coogee, of couple families with children, 25.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Coogee, 71.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Coogee, 50.5% were separate houses, 24.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Coogee, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.6% had 2 bedrooms and 41.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Coogee, 17.5% were owned outright, 46.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.9% were rented.

Household composition

In North Coogee, of all households, 85.6% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In North Coogee, 2.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 40.3% 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 North Coogee, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Coogee, 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 North Coogee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In North Coogee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $800 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.