Coochiemudlo Island (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 708 people in Coochiemudlo Island (L) of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Coochiemudlo Island (L) was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.5% of the population.

Of people in Coochiemudlo Island (L) aged 15 years and over, 45.2% were married and 20.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coochiemudlo Island (L) was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 42.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coochiemudlo Island (L) was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Coochiemudlo Island (L) 22.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.1% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 9.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coochiemudlo Island (L) were English 30.5%, Australian 22.1%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 9.1% and German 4.6%.

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), 67.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.8%, New Zealand 6.1%, Croatia 0.8%, Barbados 0.7% and Germany 0.7%.

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), 58.5% 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 Coochiemudlo Island (L) were No Religion 25.4%, Anglican 23.7%, Catholic 17.4%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Coochiemudlo Island (L) 88.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.6%, Serbian 0.6%, German 0.4%, Swedish 0.4% and Portuguese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 296 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coochiemudlo Island (L). Of these 49.7% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 11.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coochiemudlo Island (L), 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coochiemudlo Island (L) was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Coochiemudlo Island (L) included Professionals 27.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Labourers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Managers 8.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%, Sales Workers 7.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Coochiemudlo Island (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 4.7%, Hospitals 4.3%, Tertiary Education 3.9%, School Education 3.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coochiemudlo Island (L) was $430.

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 36.9%, Ferry, car as driver 18.1%, Walked only 5.8%, Car, as passenger 3.5% and Bus, ferry 2.7%. On the day, 30.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.7% 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 Coochiemudlo Island (L), 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coochiemudlo Island (L), 23.0% were couple families with children, 55.5% were couple families without children and 21.5% were one parent families.

In Coochiemudlo Island (L) 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,406.

Employment status of couple families

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 15.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), 56.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 44.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coochiemudlo Island (L), 97.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 36.4% had 2 bedrooms and 46.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coochiemudlo Island (L), 37.2% were owned outright, 26.5% were owned with a mortgage and 31.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), of all households, 59.7% were family households, 39.3% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), 36.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Coochiemudlo Island (L), 46.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 75.0%) were male and 3 (or 25.0%) were female. The median age was 1 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 Coochiemudlo Island (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $625.

In Coochiemudlo Island (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.