Collie (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,387 people were counted in Collie (S): of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Of the total population 3.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie (S) there were 2,030 children aged 0-14 years and 1,716 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie (S), 7,660 people were Australian citizens, 985 were born overseas and 14 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie (S), 53.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.3% were separated or divorced, 6.9% were widowed and 28.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Collie (S), 82.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Collie (S) were England 4.4%, New Zealand 1.4%, Italy 0.9%, Poland 0.7% and Germany 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Collie (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.8%, No Religion 23.2%, Catholic 22.6%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Baptist 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.2%, Polish 0.8%, German 0.3%, Japanese 0.1% and Cantonese 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,543 people aged 15 years and over in Collie (S) were in the labour force. Of these 52.3% worked full-time, 33.6% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.1% were unemployed. 2,548 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie (S), the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.5%, Professionals 5.0%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Managers and Administrators 1.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Collie (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 7.9%, Education 3.3%, Food Retailing 3.3%, Electricity and Gas Supply 2.8% and Health Services 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Collie (S), 2,306 families were counted: of these, 35.5% were couple families without children, 48.1% were couple families with children, 15.4% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Collie (S), 3,242 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Collie (S), 93.6% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie (S), 43.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 29.7% were being purchased and 18.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 24.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 32.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Collie (S), 70.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.8% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.