Cooroibah Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Cooroibah (4565) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 123 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Cooroibah is in the federal electorate of Wide Bay.

In the 2011 census the population of Cooroibah was 1,744 and is comprised of approximately 49.5% females and 50.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cooroibah is 43 years of age.

73.3% of people living in the suburb of Cooroibah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.1% England, 3.3% New Zealand, 1.0% Netherlands, 0.9% Germany, 0.7% United States of America, 0.6% Austria, 0.6% Switzerland, 0.5% Papua New Guinea, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% France, 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Hungary, 0.3% Wales.

91.3% of people living in Cooroibah speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% German, 0.5% Other, 0.3% French, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Thai, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Cooroibah is 26.2% No religion, 25.4% Anglican, 19.8% Catholic, 10.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.1% Christian, nfd, 3.0% Uniting Church, 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.5% Lutheran, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.5% Other religious affiliation .

54.5% of people are married, 30.2% have never married and 9.6% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 45 widowed people living in Cooroibah.

43.4% of the people living in Cooroibah over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 40.1% are working on a part time basis. Cooroibah has an unemployment rate of 9.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Cooroibah are 18.2% Technicians & trades workers, 14.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.0% Sales workers, 13.3% Professionals, 12.0% Labourers, 10.8% Community & personal service workers, 8.3% Managers, 7.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cooroibah work in are 16.3% Retail trade, 12.5% Health care and social assistance, 11.5% Construction, 9.6% Accommodation and food services, 6.4% Manufacturing, 6.3% Other services, 5.9% Education and training, 5.2% Administrative and support services, 3.8% Professional, scientific and technical services.

34.3% of homes are fully owned, and 48.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 15.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $453 per week and the median household income is $1078 per week.

The median rent in Cooroibah is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

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