Cooyal Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Cooyal (2850) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central Tablelands, New South Wales. It is about 207 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Cooyal is in the federal electorate of Parkes.

In the 2011 census the population of Cooyal was 436 and is comprised of approximately 47.2% females and 52.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cooyal is 40 years of age.

87.4% of people living in the suburb of Cooyal were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.4% England, 1.1% South Africa, 0.9% Switzerland, 0.7% Scotland, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.7% Germany, 0.7% Italy, 0.7% Croatia.

95.8% of people living in Cooyal speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% German.

The religious makeup of Cooyal is 34.3% Anglican, 28.1% Catholic, 15.3% No religion, 5.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Christian, nfd, 3.7% Uniting Church, 3.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Salvation Army, 1.1% Lutheran, 1.1% Baptist.

62.4% of people are married, 24.4% have never married and 5.5% are divorced and 3.7% are separated. There are 14 widowed people living in Cooyal.

56.4% of the people living in Cooyal over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.3% are working on a part time basis. Cooyal has an unemployment rate of 4.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Cooyal are 22.7% Managers, 18.4% Technicians & trades workers, 13.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.4% Sales workers, 11.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.7% Labourers, 7.0% Professionals, 4.9% Community & personal service workers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cooyal work in are 16.2% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 15.1% Mining, 9.7% Manufacturing, 9.7% Health care and social assistance, 6.5% Retail trade, 6.5% Construction, 5.9% Accommodation and food services, 5.4% Other services, 5.4% Wholesale trade.

44.7% of homes are fully owned, and 36.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $377 per week and the median household income is $835 per week.

The median rent in Cooyal is $180 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1863 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Cooyal postcode 2850