Corbie Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 296 people in Corbie Hill of these 56.4% were male and 43.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Corbie Hill was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Corbie Hill aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Corbie Hill was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Corbie Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Corbie Hill was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Corbie Hill 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 31.5% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Corbie Hill were English 32.1%, Australian 27.6%, Italian 14.7%, Scottish 7.4% and Irish 5.5%.

In Corbie Hill, 84.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.4%, England 2.4%, New Zealand 1.7%, India 1.0% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Corbie Hill, 67.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Corbie Hill were Catholic 43.1%, Anglican 16.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 15.2%, No Religion 6.7% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Corbie Hill 84.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 8.5%, Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 1.7% and Punjabi 1.4%.

Employment

There were 165 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Corbie Hill. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Corbie Hill, 7.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Corbie Hill was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Corbie Hill included Managers 21.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4%, Professionals 13.5%, Labourers 12.3%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Corbie Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 17.9%, School Education 7.7%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5% and Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Corbie Hill was $489.

In Corbie Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 5.7%, Truck 1.9% and Other 1.9%. 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 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Corbie Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 16.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Corbie Hill, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Corbie Hill, 50.0% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

In Corbie Hill 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Corbie Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,093.

Employment status of couple families

In Corbie Hill, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Corbie Hill, 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Corbie Hill, 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 Corbie Hill, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 4.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Corbie Hill, 40.8% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 17.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Corbie Hill, of all households, 86.6% were family households, 9.3% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Corbie Hill, 19.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Corbie Hill, 11.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 46.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Corbie Hill, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Corbie Hill, 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 $1,483.

In Corbie Hill, 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.