Cobar

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,817 people in Cobar of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Cobar was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Cobar aged 15 years and over, 45.6% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cobar was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Cobar, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cobar was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Cobar 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 16.6% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cobar were Australian 35.9%, English 26.7%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 6.6% and German 3.5%.

In Cobar, 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.9%, England 0.8%, Philippines 0.5%, Peru 0.4% and South Africa 0.4%.

In Cobar, 82.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cobar were Catholic 36.6%, Anglican 21.8%, No Religion 14.1%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Cobar 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.4%, Tagalog 0.3%, Portuguese 0.3%, Hindi 0.3% and Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,889 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cobar. Of these 67.1% were employed full time, 20.9% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cobar, 6.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.4% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Cobar included Machinery Operators And Drivers 22.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 21.2%, Professionals 11.2%, Labourers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Managers 8.4% and Sales Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Cobar, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 31.6%, Local Government Administration 5.6%, School Education 4.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cobar was $660.

In Cobar, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Walked only 8.1%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Bus 2.5% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cobar, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% 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 Cobar, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cobar, 41.9% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In Cobar 21.0% of single parents were male and 79.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cobar, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,674 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Cobar, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cobar, 81.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobar, 87.6% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Cobar, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 47.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobar, 28.8% were owned outright, 25.2% were owned with a mortgage and 43.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Cobar, of all households, 66.9% were family households, 31.1% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Cobar, 23.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.8% 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 Cobar, 40.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cobar, there were 428 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 222 (or 51.9%) were male and 206 (or 48.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Cobar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,258.

In Cobar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.