Corunnun vs Cororooke

Cororooke is the younger of the two, with a median age of 33 against 44 in Corunnun. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Corunnun tends to suit older residents.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Cororooke

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (15/100 vs 35/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (63% vs 46%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Corunnun

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (8% vs 16%)
  • has cheaper rent ($140/wk vs $230/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Cororooke

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (120 min vs 125 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (160.5 km vs 165.6 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Corunnun has more residents already 65 and over (23% vs 10%)
  • Cororooke carries lower crime risk (15/100 vs 35/100)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Cororooke

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (15.5% vs 3.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Corunnun and Cororooke drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Corunnun Cororooke
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Corunnun Cororooke
Walkability 0 / 0
Corunnun — Walkability: 0/100 Cororooke — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 65 / 85
Corunnun — Safety: 65/100 Cororooke — Safety: 85/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Corunnun — Low fire risk: 100/100 Cororooke — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 44 / 67
Corunnun — Low flood risk: 44/100 Cororooke — Low flood risk: 67/100

Demographics

Cororooke has more residents (358 vs 119); Cororooke rents higher ($230/wk vs $140/wk).

Corunnun Cororooke
Population 119 358
+201% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.5% +15.5%
Median age 44 33
Median household income $87,724/yr
+12% vs other
 $77,220/yr
Median weekly rent $140/wk $230/wk
+64% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Corunnun Cororooke
0-4 4.2% / 6.1%
Corunnun — 0-4: 4.2% Cororooke — 0-4: 6.1%
5-14 15.1% / 16.8%
Corunnun — 5-14: 15.1% Cororooke — 5-14: 16.8%
15-19 6.7% / 7.3%
Corunnun — 15-19: 6.7% Cororooke — 15-19: 7.3%
20-24 8.4% / 4.7%
Corunnun — 20-24: 8.4% Cororooke — 20-24: 4.7%
25-34 14.3% / 14.8%
Corunnun — 25-34: 14.3% Cororooke — 25-34: 14.8%
35-44 3.4% / 12.3%
Corunnun — 35-44: 3.4% Cororooke — 35-44: 12.3%
45-54 11.8% / 10.1%
Corunnun — 45-54: 11.8% Cororooke — 45-54: 10.1%
55-64 10.9% / 15.4%
Corunnun — 55-64: 10.9% Cororooke — 55-64: 15.4%
65-74 12.6% / 6.1%
Corunnun — 65-74: 12.6% Cororooke — 65-74: 6.1%
75-84 10.1% / 3.9%
Corunnun — 75-84: 10.1% Cororooke — 75-84: 3.9%
85+ — / —
Corunnun — 85+: not among its largest Cororooke — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Corunnun 45.8% couple families
Corunnun — Couple Families: 45.8% Corunnun — Lone Person: 41.7% Corunnun — One Parent Families: 0.0% Corunnun — Group Household: 12.5%
Cororooke 45.7% couple families
Cororooke — Couple Families: 45.7% Cororooke — Lone Person: 37.0% Cororooke — One Parent Families: 17.3% Cororooke — Group Household: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Corunnun 8.3% renting
Corunnun — Owned Outright: 64.6% Corunnun — Mortgage: 27.1% Corunnun — Renting: 8.3%
Cororooke 12.5% renting
Cororooke — Owned Outright: 31.2% Cororooke — Mortgage: 56.2% Cororooke — Renting: 12.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Corunnun 100.0% houses
Corunnun — Houses: 100.0% Corunnun — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Cororooke 97.5% houses
Cororooke — Houses: 97.5% Cororooke — Flats / Apartments: 2.5%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Corunnun Cororooke
Certificate III & IV 18.5% / 20.4%
Corunnun — Certificate III & IV: 18.5% Cororooke — Certificate III & IV: 20.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 13.4% / 6.4%
Corunnun — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 13.4% Cororooke — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.4%
Bachelor Degree 3.4% / 5.0%
Corunnun — Bachelor Degree: 3.4% Cororooke — Bachelor Degree: 5.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.5% / 2.2%
Corunnun — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5% Cororooke — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2%
Postgraduate Degree — / 0.8%
Corunnun — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Cororooke — Postgraduate Degree: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.4%).

Property market

Corunnun Cororooke
Median house price — $581,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Corunnun Cororooke
Rural and farming 95% 97%
Parks and recreation 5% 1%
Residential 0% 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Corunnun Cororooke
New dwellings approved 226
across Colac Otway
same for both
Approvals change year on year +64%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Corunnun Cororooke
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 58% of VIC Higher than 44% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 43% of VIC Higher than 3% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 5% of VIC —
NBN connectivity Higher than 63% of VIC Higher than 49% of VIC

Liveability

Corunnun Cororooke
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Corunnun carries more crime risk (35 vs 15); Corunnun carries more flood risk (56 vs 33).

Corunnun Cororooke
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
35/100
 Low
15/100
Flood Moderate
56/100
 Low
33/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Corunnun Cororooke
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Corunnun Cororooke
Parks & reserves 1
same for both
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Waterways 1 0

Mobility

Corunnun sits further from the CBD (165.6 km vs 160.5 km).

Corunnun Cororooke
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 165.6 km
+3% vs other
 160.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 125 min 120 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 3249
 0.0%
postcode 3254
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 39
postcode 3249
 55
postcode 3254

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Corunnun Cororooke
Car (driver) 74.5% / 83.1%
Corunnun — Car (driver): 74.5% Cororooke — Car (driver): 83.1%
Worked from Home 9.8% / 7.4%
Corunnun — Worked from Home: 9.8% Cororooke — Worked from Home: 7.4%
Car (passenger) 9.8% / 4.7%
Corunnun — Car (passenger): 9.8% Cororooke — Car (passenger): 4.7%
Walked Only 5.9% / 4.7%
Corunnun — Walked Only: 5.9% Cororooke — Walked Only: 4.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.1%).

Setting

Corunnun Cororooke
Elevation 129 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 125 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Corunnun Cororooke
Connectivity score 30/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
53 premises
 0%
147 premises

Climate

Corunnun Cororooke
Annual rainfall 607 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Corunnun Cororooke
Average residential rate $2,023/yr
same for both
Council Colac Otway
same for both

Federal electorate

Corunnun Cororooke
Division Wannon
same for both
Member Dan Tehan
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Corunnun Cororooke
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Corunnun

Rural

Cororooke

Acreage Family

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