Corny Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 491 people in Corny Point of these 54.4% were male and 45.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Corny Point was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population.

Of people in Corny Point aged 15 years and over, 60.8% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Corny Point was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Corny Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Corny Point was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 24 years.

In Corny Point 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.9% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 4.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Corny Point were English 33.3%, Australian 32.5%, Scottish 7.3%, Irish 6.6% and German 5.9%.

In Corny Point, 87.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, France 1.0%, Chile 0.6%, Finland 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

In Corny Point, 78.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Corny Point were No Religion 30.0%, Uniting Church 22.7%, Catholic 15.9%, Anglican 14.1% and Lutheran 2.9%.

In Corny Point 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Spanish 0.6%.

Employment

There were 225 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Corny Point. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Corny Point, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Corny Point was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Corny Point included Managers 34.3%, Labourers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Professionals 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1% and Sales Workers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Corny Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 33.5%, School Education 5.0%, Accommodation 3.7%, Local Government Administration 3.7% and Residential Building Construction 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Corny Point was $376.

In Corny Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 7.3%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Truck 2.8% and Other 1.8%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Corny Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.0% 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 Corny Point, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Corny Point, 40.6% were couple families with children, 52.6% were couple families without children and 6.8% were one parent families.

In Corny Point 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Corny Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,171 and those without children was $1,218.

Employment status of couple families

In Corny Point, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Corny Point, 30.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 69.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Corny Point, 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 Corny Point, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.1% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Corny Point, 53.4% were owned outright, 24.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Corny Point, of all households, 67.7% were family households, 30.7% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Corny Point, 46.7% 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 Corny Point, 24.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Corny Point, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 50.0%) were male and 5 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Corny Point, 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 Corny Point, 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.