Corop

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 269 people in Corop of these 59.5% were male and 40.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Corop was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.5% of the population.

Of people in Corop aged 15 years and over, 59.4% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Corop was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Corop, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Corop was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Corop 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.3% were in primary school, 31.9% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Corop were English 35.4%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 16.9%, Scottish 8.3% and Filipino 3.4%.

In Corop, 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Philippines 6.0%, England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.5% and United States of America 1.5%.

In Corop, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Corop were Catholic 42.9%, Anglican 13.8%, No Religion 13.4%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Corop 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 2.2%, Italian 1.1%, Cebuano 1.1%, Tagalog 1.1% and Auslan 1.1%.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Corop. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Corop, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Corop was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Corop included Managers 48.3%, Professionals 9.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 6.8%, Labourers 6.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Corop, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 36.1%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%, School Education 4.1% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Corop was $414.

In Corop, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 32.9%, Walked only 10.7%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Other 2.7% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.0%. 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 42.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Corop, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.2% provided care for children and 17.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.9% 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 Corop, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Corop, 37.5% were couple families with children, 53.8% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Corop 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Corop, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,541 and those without children was $949.

Employment status of couple families

In Corop, of couple families with children, 17.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 29.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Corop, 68.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Corop, 95.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.7% were other dwellings.

In Corop, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Corop, 52.3% were owned outright, 26.2% were owned with a mortgage and 18.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Corop, of all households, 75.2% were family households, 24.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Corop, 36.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Corop, 25.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Corop, 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 Corop, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Corop, 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.