Corowa Shire (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,000 people in Corowa Shire (A) of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Corowa Shire (A) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.2% of the population.

Of people in Corowa Shire (A) aged 15 years and over, 55.3% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Corowa Shire (A) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Corowa Shire (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Corowa Shire (A) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Corowa Shire (A) 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Corowa Shire (A) were Australian 32.7%, English 32.3%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 8.7% and German 3.7%.

In Corowa Shire (A), 87.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.5% and Philippines 0.4%.

In Corowa Shire (A), 82.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Corowa Shire (A) were Catholic 29.6%, Anglican 23.3%, No Religion 17.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.3% and Uniting Church 6.1%.

In Corowa Shire (A) 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2%, German 0.1%, Cantonese 0.1% and Filipino 0.1%.

Employment

There were 4,864 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Corowa Shire (A). Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Corowa Shire (A), 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Corowa Shire (A) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Corowa Shire (A) included Labourers 19.7%, Managers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Professionals 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Corowa Shire (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.6%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, School Education 3.8% and Other Livestock Farming 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Corowa Shire (A) was $469.

In Corowa Shire (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Walked only 3.8%, Truck 1.2% and Bicycle 0.9%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Corowa Shire (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Corowa Shire (A), 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Corowa Shire (A), 35.3% were couple families with children, 51.3% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Corowa Shire (A) 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Corowa Shire (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,766 and those without children was $1,566.

Employment status of couple families

In Corowa Shire (A), of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Corowa Shire (A), 81.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Corowa Shire (A), 86.1% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Corowa Shire (A), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Corowa Shire (A), 42.7% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Corowa Shire (A), of all households, 68.8% were family households, 28.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Corowa Shire (A), 34.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Corowa Shire (A), 37.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Corowa Shire (A), there were 142 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 71 (or 50.0%) were male and 71 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 17 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Corowa Shire (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $625.

In Corowa Shire (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $997.