Cordalba (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 314 people in Cordalba (L) of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Cordalba (L) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Cordalba (L) aged 15 years and over, 49.4% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cordalba (L) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Cordalba (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cordalba (L) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Cordalba (L) 21.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.1% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cordalba (L) were English 33.9%, Australian 32.0%, Scottish 7.3%, Irish 6.1% and German 3.1%.

In Cordalba (L), 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, New Zealand 4.8%, Philippines 1.6%, Austria 1.0% and France 1.0%.

In Cordalba (L), 67.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cordalba (L) were No Religion 29.2%, Anglican 23.4%, Catholic 18.9%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Cordalba (L) 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.0% and Nepali 1.0%.

Employment

There were 121 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cordalba (L). Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 12.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cordalba (L), 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cordalba (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Cordalba (L) included Labourers 36.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Managers 9.3%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Professionals 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Cordalba (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 16.5%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 11.0%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.6%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.6% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cordalba (L) was $381.

In Cordalba (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 67.9%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Truck 4.6% and Walked only 4.6%. 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 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cordalba (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.2% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.9% 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 Cordalba (L), 19.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cordalba (L), 29.5% were couple families with children, 56.8% were couple families without children and 13.7% were one parent families.

In Cordalba (L) 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cordalba (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,041 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Cordalba (L), of couple families with children, 13.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 15.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cordalba (L), 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cordalba (L), 97.6% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cordalba (L), of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 18.5% had 2 bedrooms and 53.2% 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 Cordalba (L), 43.2% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Cordalba (L), of all households, 72.2% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Cordalba (L), 34.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Cordalba (L), 38.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cordalba (L), there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Cordalba (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Cordalba (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,040.