Cobdogla (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 231 people in Cobdogla (L) of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Cobdogla (L) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Cobdogla (L) aged 15 years and over, 52.4% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cobdogla (L) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Cobdogla (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cobdogla (L) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Cobdogla (L) 22.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 34.5% in secondary school and 21.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cobdogla (L) were Australian 31.2%, English 30.2%, German 12.3%, Scottish 7.5% and Irish 4.5%.

In Cobdogla (L), 90.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.6%, Germany 1.8%, Austria 1.3% and Canada 1.3%.

In Cobdogla (L), 78.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cobdogla (L) were No Religion 31.3%, Catholic 15.7%, Lutheran 15.2%, Anglican 10.9% and Uniting Church 10.4%.

In Cobdogla (L) 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.7% and Italian 1.7%.

Employment

There were 119 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cobdogla (L). Of these 50.4% were employed full time, 37.8% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cobdogla (L), 17.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cobdogla (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Cobdogla (L) included Labourers 23.5%, Sales Workers 20.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Managers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%, Professionals 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Cobdogla (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Beverage Manufacturing 11.7%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.5%, School Education 7.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.7% and Residential Care Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cobdogla (L) was $381.

In Cobdogla (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 64.7%, Walked only 10.9% and Car, as passenger 6.7%. 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 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cobdogla (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.3% 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 Cobdogla (L), 19.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cobdogla (L), 42.6% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

In Cobdogla (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cobdogla (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,536 and those without children was $1,678.

Employment status of couple families

In Cobdogla (L), of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 32.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cobdogla (L), 80.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobdogla (L), 87.6% were separate houses, 5.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.7% were other dwellings.

In Cobdogla (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 25.6% had 2 bedrooms and 54.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cobdogla (L), 40.0% were owned outright, 34.4% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Cobdogla (L), of all households, 75.6% were family households, 21.1% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Cobdogla (L), 32.5% 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 Cobdogla (L), 26.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cobdogla (L), there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 56.2%) were male and 7 (or 43.8%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Cobdogla (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,133.

In Cobdogla (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $9.