Cooltong Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Cooltong (5341) is a suburb of Mid North, Riverland, South Australia. It is about 213 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Cooltong is in the federal electorate of Barker.

In the 2011 census the population of Cooltong was 317 and is comprised of approximately 44.5% females and 55.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cooltong is 41 years of age.

74.2% of people living in the suburb of Cooltong were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.0% Greece, 4.7% India, 3.1% Vietnam, 1.9% Turkey, 1.6% Italy, 1.6% Thailand, 1.3% Philippines, 0.9% England.

58.2% of people living in Cooltong speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 20.8% Greek, 8.2% Punjabi, 4.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.5% Vietnamese, 2.2% Turkish, 1.9% Italian, 0.9% Thai.

The religious makeup of Cooltong is 22.4% Eastern Orthodox, 15.5% No religion, 12.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 12.6% Catholic, 8.5% Anglican, 7.6% Other Religious Groups, 6.6% Lutheran, 5.4% Uniting Church, 2.8% Islam, 1.9% Christian, nfd.

55.3% of people are married, 30.4% have never married and 6.6% are divorced and 3.9% are separated. There are 10 widowed people living in Cooltong.

49.7% of the people living in Cooltong over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.1% are working on a part time basis. Cooltong has an unemployment rate of 5.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Cooltong are 27.5% Managers, 21.6% Labourers, 10.8% Community & personal service workers, 10.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 6.6% Technicians & trades workers, 6.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 6.0% Professionals, 6.0% Sales workers, 5.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cooltong work in are 32.0% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 11.8% Retail trade, 8.9% Administrative and support services, 8.9% Health care and social assistance, 8.9% Manufacturing, 5.9% Inadequately described/Not stated, 3.6% Accommodation and food services, 3.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.6% Information media and telecommunications.

41.5% of homes are fully owned, and 34.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 20.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $455 per week and the median household income is $909 per week.

The median rent in Cooltong is $140 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1248 per month.

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