Cordelia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 232 people in Cordelia of these 53.9% were male and 46.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Cordelia was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.9% of the population.

Of people in Cordelia aged 15 years and over, 53.9% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cordelia was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Cordelia, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cordelia was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Cordelia 23.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.4% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cordelia were English 31.3%, Australian 23.3%, Italian 14.3%, Irish 6.3% and Scottish 6.0%.

In Cordelia, 81.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.7%, Papua New Guinea 1.7%, Philippines 1.7% and Italy 1.3%.

In Cordelia, 69.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cordelia were Catholic 42.9%, Anglican 16.3%, No Religion 12.4%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Jehovah's Witnesses 4.7%.

In Cordelia 87.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 3.0% and Tagalog 2.1%.

Employment

There were 106 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cordelia. Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cordelia, 18.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cordelia was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Cordelia included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.3%, Labourers 17.3%, Managers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.2% and Professionals 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Cordelia, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 14.6%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 10.4%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 7.3%, Specialised Food Retailing 6.2% and School Education 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cordelia was $393.

In Cordelia, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.9%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Truck 3.1%, Other 3.1% and Walked only 3.1%. 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 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cordelia, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 14.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 Cordelia, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cordelia, 34.9% were couple families with children, 60.3% were couple families without children and 4.8% were one parent families.

In Cordelia 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cordelia, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,199 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Cordelia, of couple families with children, 9.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cordelia, 85.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cordelia, 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 Cordelia, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 56.0% 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 Cordelia, 57.3% were owned outright, 22.0% were owned with a mortgage and 15.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Cordelia, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Cordelia, 28.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Cordelia, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cordelia, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 25.0%) were male and 9 (or 75.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Cordelia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cordelia, 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.