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Coburg North

Coburg North is bound by Elizabeth Street to the east, Murray Road and Gaffney Street to the south, generally Sussex Street to the west and Boundary Road and generally Queens Parade to the north. The Coburg North Profile covers social demographics from the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing.

The enumerated population count for Coburg North in the 2006 census was 6106.

Some key differences between Coburg North and the City of Moreland are:

Population and age

Coburg North has a larger percentage of people aged 60 to 69 years old (9.4%) and a smaller percentage of 25 to 34 year olds (15.5%), compared to the City of Moreland (7.6% and 18.3% respectively).

Country of birth

58.2% of Coburg North residents stated they were born in Australia.

The Top 10 countries of birth for Coburg North (excluding Australia) were Italy, Greece, Lebanon, United Kingdom, China, Turkey, Vietnam, India, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka.

Languages

Coburg North has a smaller proportion of residents who speak English only at home (50.6%) compared to the City of Moreland (54.6%).

The Top 10 languages spoken at home in Coburg North (other than English) are Italian, Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Urdu, Croatian, Spanish, and Cantonese.

Coburg North residents constitute a larger percentage of persons speaking Arabic (8.1%) compared to Moreland overall (6%).

Religion

A smaller proportion of Coburg North residents professed no religious affiliation (13.4%) compared to the City of Moreland (17.1%).

The main religions represented by Coburg North residents are Catholicism (39.5%), Orthodox (8.8%), Islam (8.6%), Anglican (6.6%), Buddhism (2.1%), and Uniting Church (1.9%).

Education

A smaller percentage of Coburg North residents hold a Bachelor Degree or higher (14.8%) compared to 21.4% of residents of the City of Moreland. Conversely, Coburg North has a larger proportion of residents who do not have qualifications (52.6% compared to 47.5%).

Coburg North residents constitute a larger percentage who left school at Year 10 or equivalent (13.4%) and a smaller percentage of people who left school at Year 12 or equivalent (41.5%), compared to the City of Moreland (10.8% and 48.4% respectively).

Coburg North residents constitute a smaller percentage of persons attending university than the City of Moreland (3.8% compared to 5.9%).

Household and family composition

Coburg North has a larger percentage of one-parent families (19.5%) and a smaller percentage of couple families with children (41.7%), compared with the City of Moreland (16.6% and 43.3% respectively).