Cordeaux Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,720 people in Cordeaux Heights of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Cordeaux Heights was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.0% of the population.

Of people in Cordeaux Heights aged 15 years and over, 62.1% were married and 5.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cordeaux Heights was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Cordeaux Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cordeaux Heights was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Cordeaux Heights 36.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 32.0% in secondary school and 24.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cordeaux Heights were Australian 27.1%, English 22.1%, Macedonian 7.6%, Italian 6.9% and Scottish 6.2%.

In Cordeaux Heights, 78.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 3.7%, England 3.3%, Italy 1.2%, Croatia 1.0% and India 0.8%.

In Cordeaux Heights, 50.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cordeaux Heights were Catholic 27.9%, Anglican 19.7%, Eastern Orthodox 14.6%, No Religion 13.4% and Uniting Church 5.4%.

In Cordeaux Heights 78.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 7.2%, Greek 2.0%, Italian 1.7%, Croatian 1.2% and Arabic 0.9%.

Employment

There were 2,693 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cordeaux Heights. Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cordeaux Heights, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Cordeaux Heights included Professionals 24.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Managers 11.3%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Labourers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Cordeaux Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 7.2%, School Education 6.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Tertiary Education 3.7% and Hospitals 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cordeaux Heights was $637.

In Cordeaux Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.4%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 1.8%, Walked only 1.1% and Bus 0.7%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cordeaux Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Cordeaux Heights, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cordeaux Heights, 64.5% were couple families with children, 26.5% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Cordeaux Heights 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cordeaux Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,659 and those without children was $2,357.

Employment status of couple families

In Cordeaux Heights, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 29.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cordeaux Heights, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cordeaux Heights, 96.8% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Cordeaux Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.3% had 2 bedrooms and 32.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cordeaux Heights, 44.4% were owned outright, 45.9% were owned with a mortgage and 8.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Cordeaux Heights, of all households, 91.5% were family households, 7.3% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Cordeaux Heights, 10.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.0% 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 Cordeaux Heights, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cordeaux Heights, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 41.9%) were male and 18 (or 58.1%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Cordeaux Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,833.

In Cordeaux Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,082.