Cora Lynn

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 236 people in Cora Lynn of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cora Lynn was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Cora Lynn aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cora Lynn was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Cora Lynn, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cora Lynn was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Cora Lynn 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cora Lynn were English 31.8%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.3% and Italian 4.8%.

In Cora Lynn, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.6%, New Zealand 2.6%, Ireland 1.7%, England 1.3% and Greece 1.3%.

In Cora Lynn, 70.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cora Lynn were Catholic 28.3%, No Religion 22.7%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 9.0% and Eastern Orthodox 6.0%.

In Cora Lynn 88.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Macedonian 3.4%, Italian 3.0%, Spanish 1.3% and Serbian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 135 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cora Lynn. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cora Lynn, 16.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cora Lynn was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Cora Lynn included Managers 27.7%, Labourers 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Professionals 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Cora Lynn, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 14.0%, Dairy Cattle Farming 5.4%, Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7% and Road Passenger Transport 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cora Lynn was $531.

In Cora Lynn, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 51.9%, Walked only 9.3%, Tram 2.3% and Car, as passenger 2.3%. On the day, 6.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cora Lynn, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 6.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% 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 Cora Lynn, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cora Lynn, 55.9% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 4.4% were one parent families.

In Cora Lynn 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cora Lynn, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,600 and those without children was $1,271.

Employment status of couple families

In Cora Lynn, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 8.8% had both employed part-time and 32.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cora Lynn, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cora Lynn, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cora Lynn, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.5% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cora Lynn, 40.2% were owned outright, 40.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Cora Lynn, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 13.4% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Cora Lynn, 18.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Cora Lynn, 16.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cora Lynn, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Cora Lynn, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cora Lynn, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.