Corio

18.5% of Corio's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

3,880 family households lived in Corio; 36.0% were couple families and 30.0% were one-parent families.

37.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Corio had 15,497 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 91.4% of occupied private dwellings in Corio.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

29.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

29.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Corio had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 31.8%, while 22.0% had four or more usual residents.

7.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

66.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.

9.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 40.8% of the total.

49.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.5% reported a different address.

25.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

69.9% of residents used only English at home.

21.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

25.4% of Corio's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.6% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.9% of ancestry responses in Corio.

Australian ancestry made up 32.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

8.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 6.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

24.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

51.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.4% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.8%.

Median household income was $1,152 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 7.9% in Corio, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 29.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 41.3% in Corio, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..