Colyton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,137 people were counted in Colyton: of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Of the total population 2.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Colyton there were 1,933 children aged 0-14 years and 1,284 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Colyton, 7,059 people were Australian citizens, 2,011 were born overseas and 23 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Colyton, 51.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.7% were separated or divorced, 4.5% were widowed and 32.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Colyton, 68.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Colyton were England 3.7%, New Zealand 1.6%, Philippines 1.5%, Fiji 1.2% and Croatia 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Colyton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 36.2%, Anglican 23.3%, No Religion 8.7%, Orthodox 3.8% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Colyton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 2.2%, Greek 1.8%, Croatian 1.7%, Spanish 1.3% and Tagalog (Filipino) 1.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 75.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,916 people aged 15 years and over in Colyton were in the labour force. Of these 63.6% worked full-time, 25.3% worked part-time, 3.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.2% were unemployed. 2,007 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Colyton, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Associate Professionals 4.8%, Professionals 4.2%, Managers and Administrators 2.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Colyton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.9%, Construction Trade Services 3.7%, Food Retailing 3.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3% and Health Services 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Colyton, 2,221 families were counted: of these, 25.6% were couple families without children, 54.3% were couple families with children, 19.3% were one parent families and 0.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Colyton, 2,687 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Colyton, 95.3% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Colyton, 38.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 35.6% were being purchased and 19.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Colyton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 52.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 17.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 28.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Colyton, 80.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.