Coober Pedy

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,584 people in Coober Pedy of these 55.6% were male and 44.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Coober Pedy was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.2% of the population.

Of people in Coober Pedy aged 15 years and over, 36.3% were married and 19.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coober Pedy was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Coober Pedy, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coober Pedy was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Coober Pedy 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.9% were in primary school, 12.4% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coober Pedy were Australian 22.2%, English 20.3%, German 6.7%, Greek 6.1% and Irish 5.9%.

In Coober Pedy, 61.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 3.8%, Sri Lanka 2.8%, England 2.7%, Croatia 2.5% and Germany 2.5%.

In Coober Pedy, 52.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coober Pedy were Catholic 19.3%, No Religion 18.9%, Eastern Orthodox 9.9%, Lutheran 9.4% and Anglican 8.9%.

In Coober Pedy 64.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 6.4%, Sinhalese 3.1%, Croatian 2.1%, German 1.4% and Serbian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 710 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coober Pedy. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coober Pedy, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coober Pedy was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Coober Pedy included Community and Personal Service Workers 19.0%, Labourers 13.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Managers 11.9%, Professionals 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9% and Sales Workers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Coober Pedy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 10.8%, School Education 6.3%, Local Government Administration 6.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3% and Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coober Pedy was $441.

In Coober Pedy, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.4%, Walked only 12.2%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Bus 2.2% and Other 1.5%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coober Pedy, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.7% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% 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 Coober Pedy, 20.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coober Pedy, 32.8% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Coober Pedy 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coober Pedy, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,899 and those without children was $1,545.

Employment status of couple families

In Coober Pedy, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coober Pedy, 64.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coober Pedy, 94.2% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Coober Pedy, of occupied private dwellings 11.8% had 1 bedroom, 29.1% had 2 bedrooms and 36.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coober Pedy, 36.1% were owned outright, 18.6% were owned with a mortgage and 37.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Coober Pedy, of all households, 50.7% were family households, 46.7% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Coober Pedy, 43.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Coober Pedy, 37.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coober Pedy, there were 270 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 118 (or 43.7%) were male and 152 (or 56.3%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Coober Pedy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $828.

In Coober Pedy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $138 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,896.