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Coburg

Gaffney Street and Murray Road in the north, Elizabeth Street and Merri Creek in the east, Moreland Road in the South and Melville Road, Devon Avenue, Sussex Street and West Street in the west. The Coburg Profile covers social demographics from the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing.

The enumerated population count for Coburg in the 2006 census was 23,692.

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

Population and age

Coburg has a larger percentage of people aged 35 to 49 years old (23.7%) and a smaller percentage of 70 to 84 year olds (8.7%), compared to the City of Moreland (22.2% and 10.7% respectively).

Country of birth

59.2% of Coburg residents stated they were born in Australia. The Top 10 countries of birth for Coburg (excluding Australia) were Italy, Greece, Lebanon, United Kingdom, China, India, Turkey, New Zealand, Philippines and Vietnam.

Languages

Coburg has a smaller proportion of residents who speak English only at home (44.4%) compared to the City of Moreland (54.6%).

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

Religion

The main religions represented by Coburg residents are Catholicism (37%), Orthodox (11.9%), Islam (8.9%), Anglican (5%), Uniting Church (2%) and Buddhism (1.6%).

Household and family composition

The main family type in Coburg is couple families with children (46.8%).

Coburg has a larger percentage of 4 person households (15.9%) and a smaller percentage of one-person households (24.3%), compared to Moreland overall (13.8% and 28% respectively).