Point Cook Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Point Cook (3030) is a suburb of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria. It is about 21 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Point Cook is in the federal electorate of Lalor.

In the 2011 census the population of Point Cook was 32,413 and is comprised of approximately 49.7% females and 50.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Point Cook is 31 years of age.

54.4% of people living in the suburb of Point Cook were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.7% India, 4.4% China , 3.9% England, 3.3% New Zealand, 2.1% Philippines, 1.9% Malaysia, 1.6% Indonesia, 1.6% South Africa, 1.1% Vietnam, 1.1% Singapore, 0.9% Scotland, 0.7% Korea, Republic of , 0.7% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .

58.2% of people living in Point Cook speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.6% Mandarin, 5.1% Other, 3.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.9% Hindi, 2.4% Cantonese, 1.8% Indonesian, 1.5% Vietnamese, 1.4% Italian, 1.3% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Point Cook is 29.2% Catholic, 22.6% No religion, 8.4% Anglican, 6.2% Hinduism, 6.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.4% Eastern Orthodox, 4.4% Buddhism, 4.3% Islam, 2.5% Uniting Church, 2.3% Christian, nfd.

63.7% of people are married, 27.8% have never married and 4.8% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 327 widowed people living in Point Cook.

67.8% of the people living in Point Cook over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 21.6% are working on a part time basis. Point Cook has an unemployment rate of 5.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Point Cook are 26.5% Professionals, 16.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.5% Managers, 11.1% Technicians & trades workers, 9.1% Sales workers, 7.4% Community & personal service workers, 5.9% Labourers, 5.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Point Cook work in are 10.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 10.6% Manufacturing, 9.2% Retail trade, 8.9% Health care and social assistance, 7.8% Financial and insurance services, 6.9% Construction, 6.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.4% Public administration and safety, 5.8% Wholesale trade.

12.1% of homes are fully owned, and 61.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 24.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $849 per week and the median household income is $1986 per week.

The median rent in Point Cook is $350 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2200 per month.

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