Colac-Otway (S) - Colac

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 9,865 people were counted in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac: of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac there were 2,137 children aged 0-14 years and 2,856 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, 9,401 people were Australian citizens, 537 were born overseas and 18 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, 51.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.2% were separated or divorced, 10.8% were widowed and 28.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, 90.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Colac-Otway (S) - Colac were England 1.7%, New Zealand 0.8%, Italy 0.5%, Netherlands 0.5% and Scotland 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 30.4%, Uniting Church 15.6%, Anglican 15.2%, No Religion 14.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 8.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.8%, Greek 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.1%, German 0.1% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,323 people aged 15 years and over in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac were in the labour force. Of these 60.8% worked full-time, 30.1% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.1% were unemployed. 3,148 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 8.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.5%, Professionals 7.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.8%, Managers and Administrators 3.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 4.9%, Food Retailing 4.2%, Health Services 3.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7% and Education 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, 2,622 families were counted: of these, 39.9% were couple families without children, 42.2% were couple families with children, 16.4% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, 4,019 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, 87.4% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, 49.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.7% were being purchased and 21.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 28.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 27.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Colac-Otway (S) - Colac, 65.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.