Coles Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 305 people in Coles Bay of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Coles Bay was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.3% of the population.

Of people in Coles Bay aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coles Bay was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Coles Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coles Bay was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Coles Bay 18.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.8% were in primary school, 14.5% in secondary school and 27.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coles Bay were English 40.2%, Australian 24.0%, Scottish 10.5%, Irish 10.5% and German 3.5%.

In Coles Bay, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, New Zealand 3.6%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.3%, India 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Coles Bay, 69.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coles Bay were No Religion 30.9%, Anglican 28.3%, Catholic 12.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6% and Christian, nfd 3.6%.

In Coles Bay 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 1.0%, Malayalam 1.0%, Sinhalese 1.0% and Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 1.0%.

Employment

There were 169 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coles Bay. Of these 51.5% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coles Bay, 16.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coles Bay was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Coles Bay included Managers 20.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.2%, Labourers 16.2%, Professionals 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%, Sales Workers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Coles Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 37.3%, Aquaculture 6.2%, Parks and Gardens Operations 5.6%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 3.7% and Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coles Bay was $484.

In Coles Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.1%, Walked only 13.6%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Bicycle 1.9% and Other 1.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 51.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coles Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.9% provided care for children and 5.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% 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 Coles Bay, 34.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coles Bay, 14.1% were couple families with children, 77.5% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

In Coles Bay 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coles Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Coles Bay, of couple families with children, 23.9% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coles Bay, 20.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 79.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coles Bay, 91.6% were separate houses, 2.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Coles Bay, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 24.8% had 2 bedrooms and 48.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coles Bay, 46.2% were owned outright, 18.3% were owned with a mortgage and 31.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Coles Bay, of all households, 65.1% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Coles Bay, 42.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Coles Bay, 35.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coles Bay, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Coles Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Coles Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,096.