Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 891 people in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) were Australian 32.1%, English 31.9%, Irish 10.9%, Scottish 8.3% and German 3.9%.

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 0.6%, India 0.3% and Indonesia 0.3%.

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), 85.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) were Catholic 27.2%, Anglican 22.6%, No Religion 19.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.3% and Uniting Church 6.3%.

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.3% and Mauritian Creole 0.3%.

Employment

There were 406 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part). Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) included Labourers 24.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Managers 12.8%, Professionals 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), the most common responses for industry of employment included Grain Mill and Cereal Product Manufacturing 8.1%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 5.9%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.6%, Other Livestock Farming 4.6% and School Education 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) was $525.

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.6%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 3.8%, Truck 1.0% and Bicycle 1.0%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.6% 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 - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), 40.1% were couple families with children, 45.8% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) 10.3% of single parents were male and 89.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,011 and those without children was $1,517.

Employment status of couple families

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), 89.3% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 17.7% had 2 bedrooms and 50.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), 37.1% were owned outright, 39.4% were owned with a mortgage and 21.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), of all households, 65.8% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), 29.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), 35.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 41.2%) were male and 10 (or 58.8%) were female. The median age was 14 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 - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,633.

In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,033.