Cobargo Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Cobargo (2550) is a suburb of South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales. It is about 305 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Cobargo is in the federal electorate of Eden-Monaro.

In the 2011 census the population of Cobargo was 638 and is comprised of approximately 55.8% females and 44.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cobargo is 44 years of age.

86.2% of people living in the suburb of Cobargo were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.6% England, 2.0% New Zealand, 0.8% Netherlands, 0.8% Germany, 0.8% China , 0.6% Ireland.

94.5% of people living in Cobargo speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% German, 0.5% Italian, 0.5% Cantonese, 0.5% Greek, 0.5% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Cobargo is 31.4% No religion, 24.3% Anglican, 16.2% Catholic, 10.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.3% Christian, nfd, 3.1% Buddhism, 3.0% Uniting Church, 1.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Seventh-day Adventist, 1.1% Baptist.

44.4% of people are married, 29.4% have never married and 11.1% are divorced and 5.9% are separated. There are 44 widowed people living in Cobargo.

51.9% of the people living in Cobargo over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 37.8% are working on a part time basis. Cobargo has an unemployment rate of 5.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Cobargo are 19.0% Managers, 16.3% Community & personal service workers, 16.3% Technicians & trades workers, 14.9% Professionals, 14.0% Labourers, 7.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 5.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 5.9% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Cobargo work in are 14.9% Health care and social assistance, 13.6% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 11.3% Construction, 10.4% Accommodation and food services, 8.1% Retail trade, 8.1% Manufacturing, 6.8% Education and training, 6.8% Other services, 6.3% Transport, postal and warehousing.

44.4% of homes are fully owned, and 29.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 23.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $375 per week and the median household income is $656 per week.

The median rent in Cobargo is $170 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1040 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Cobargo postcode 2550