Cooee Demographics (TAS) Local Stats

Cooee (7320) is a suburb of Tasmania, North West, Tasmania. It is about 237 kms from TAS's capital city of Hobart. Cooee is in the federal electorate of Braddon.

In the 2011 census the population of Cooee was 559 and is comprised of approximately 50.8% females and 49.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cooee is 42 years of age.

89.0% of people living in the suburb of Cooee were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.3% India, 1.8% England, 1.1% Iran, 1.1% United States of America, 0.9% Pakistan, 0.9% South Africa.

95.2% of people living in Cooee speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Persian, 0.7% Tamil, 0.5% Urdu, 0.5% Cantonese, 0.5% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Cooee is 31.8% No religion, 22.5% Anglican, 12.5% Catholic, 8.8% Uniting Church, 7.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.2% Christian, nfd, 3.2% Baptist, 2.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Other Religious Groups, 1.2% Seventh-day Adventist.

48.0% of people are married, 28.6% have never married and 12.0% are divorced and 3.7% are separated. There are 35 widowed people living in Cooee.

62.6% of the people living in Cooee over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.2% are working on a part time basis. Cooee has an unemployment rate of 5.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Cooee are 20.6% Professionals, 13.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.6% Technicians & trades workers, 12.8% Community & personal service workers, 11.5% Managers, 9.1% Sales workers, 9.1% Labourers, 4.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 4.9% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Cooee work in are 18.2% Health care and social assistance, 13.2% Manufacturing, 10.7% Retail trade, 8.7% Education and training, 8.3% Public administration and safety, 7.4% Other services, 5.0% Administrative and support services, 5.0% Construction, 5.0% Professional, scientific and technical services.

36.7% of homes are fully owned, and 27.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 32.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $490 per week and the median household income is $1021 per week.

The median rent in Cooee is $170 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1000 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Cooee postcode 7320