Coolgardie (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 954 people in Coolgardie (L) of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 21.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Coolgardie (L) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in Coolgardie (L) aged 15 years and over, 38.2% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coolgardie (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Coolgardie (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 37.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coolgardie (L) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Coolgardie (L) 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.9% were in primary school, 13.9% in secondary school and 5.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coolgardie (L) were Australian 32.7%, English 25.9%, Irish 5.8%, Scottish 4.8% and Australian Aboriginal 2.6%.

In Coolgardie (L), 70.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.4%, England 2.3%, Papua New Guinea 1.3%, South Africa 0.7% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Coolgardie (L), 69.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coolgardie (L) were No Religion 24.6%, Catholic 14.2%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Baptist 4.0%.

In Coolgardie (L) 79.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Wangkatha 1.1%, Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 1.0%, Macedonian 0.4%, German 0.3% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 412 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coolgardie (L). Of these 66.0% were employed full time, 19.9% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coolgardie (L), 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coolgardie (L) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Coolgardie (L) included Machinery Operators And Drivers 25.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Labourers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Managers 7.1%, Professionals 7.1% and Sales Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Coolgardie (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 19.2%, Local Government Administration 6.6%, School Education 5.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7% and Road Freight Transport 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coolgardie (L) was $547.

In Coolgardie (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Car, as passenger 12.8%, Walked only 9.2%, Truck 2.9% and Bus 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coolgardie (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.7% provided care for children and 8.1% 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 Coolgardie (L), 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coolgardie (L), 33.9% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Coolgardie (L) 24.5% of single parents were male and 75.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coolgardie (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,562 and those without children was $2,181.

Employment status of couple families

In Coolgardie (L), of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coolgardie (L), 89.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coolgardie (L), 92.7% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.5% were other dwellings.

In Coolgardie (L), of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 48.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coolgardie (L), 25.1% were owned outright, 37.0% were owned with a mortgage and 33.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Coolgardie (L), of all households, 64.7% were family households, 35.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Coolgardie (L), 28.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 Coolgardie (L), 35.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coolgardie (L), there were 199 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 91 (or 45.7%) were male and 108 (or 54.3%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Coolgardie (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $737.

In Coolgardie (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $704.