Coen (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 311 people in Coen (L) of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 84.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Coen (L) was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.0% of the population.

Of people in Coen (L) aged 15 years and over, 24.7% were married and 8.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coen (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Coen (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 23.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 25.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coen (L) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Coen (L) 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.0% were in primary school, 13.0% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coen (L) were Australian Aboriginal 50.4%, Australian 21.0%, English 7.3%, Torres Strait Islander 5.6% and Irish 3.1%.

In Coen (L), 97.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 1.6%.

In Coen (L), 95.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coen (L) were Anglican 19.9%, Lutheran 19.6%, Catholic 17.6%, No Religion 17.0% and Pentecostal 8.0%.

In Coen (L) 74.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Lamalama 4.8%, Cape York Peninsula Languages, nec 3.2%, Wik Mungkan 2.2%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 1.3% and Kuku Yalanji 1.0%.

Employment

There were 108 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coen (L). Of these 67.6% were employed full time, 16.7% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coen (L), 3.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coen (L) was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Coen (L) included Professionals 28.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 19.8%, Managers 9.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Labourers 7.9%, Sales Workers 3.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Coen (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.9%, Parks and Gardens Operations 10.9%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 5.9%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.0% and Preschool Education 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coen (L) was $354.

In Coen (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 40.4%, Car, as driver 24.2%, Car, as passenger 11.1%, Bus 3.0% and Truck 3.0%. 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 36.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coen (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 61.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.4% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 Coen (L), 21.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coen (L), 37.9% were couple families with children, 30.3% were couple families without children and 31.8% were one parent families.

In Coen (L) 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coen (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Coen (L), of couple families with children, 31.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coen (L), 83.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coen (L), 95.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.3% were other dwellings.

In Coen (L), of occupied private dwellings 13.0% had 1 bedroom, 29.0% had 2 bedrooms and 40.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 3.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coen (L), 4.3% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 84.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Coen (L), of all households, 89.7% were family households, 10.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Coen (L), 22.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Coen (L), 30.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coen (L), there were 263 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 118 (or 44.9%) were male and 145 (or 55.1%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Coen (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.6, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,228.

In Coen (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.