Korweinguboora

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 232 people in Korweinguboora of these 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Korweinguboora was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Korweinguboora aged 15 years and over, 40.4% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Korweinguboora was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Korweinguboora, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Korweinguboora was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Korweinguboora 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.5% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Korweinguboora were English 31.7%, Australian 22.2%, Irish 12.4%, German 7.6% and Scottish 4.1%.

In Korweinguboora, 77.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3%, Chile 1.3%, Croatia 1.3% and Germany 1.3%.

In Korweinguboora, 63.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Korweinguboora were No Religion 30.0%, Catholic 19.6%, Anglican 16.1%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Eastern Orthodox 3.5%.

In Korweinguboora 84.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 3.0%, Greek 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, Croatian 1.3% and Macedonian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 117 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Korweinguboora. Of these 50.4% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Korweinguboora, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Korweinguboora was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Korweinguboora included Professionals 22.7%, Managers 19.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Labourers 10.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Korweinguboora, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 9.2%, Accommodation 5.5%, Hospitals 5.5%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.6% and Forestry and Logging 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Korweinguboora was $397.

In Korweinguboora, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.9%, Train, car as driver 4.5%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Truck 2.7% and Train, tram, car as driver 2.7%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Korweinguboora, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Korweinguboora, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Korweinguboora, 40.0% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Korweinguboora 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Korweinguboora, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Korweinguboora, of couple families with children, 23.5% had both partners employed full-time, 9.8% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Korweinguboora, 87.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Korweinguboora, 94.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Korweinguboora, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 22.3% had 2 bedrooms and 52.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Korweinguboora, 46.2% were owned outright, 34.1% were owned with a mortgage and 13.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Korweinguboora, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In Korweinguboora, 38.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Korweinguboora, 26.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Korweinguboora, 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 Korweinguboora, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Korweinguboora, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.