Colac

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 10,164 people were counted in Colac: of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac there were 2,225 children aged 0-14 years and 2,892 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac, 9,692 people were Australian citizens, 551 were born overseas and 18 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac, 51.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.0% were separated or divorced, 10.6% were widowed and 29.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Colac, 90.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Colac were England 1.7%, New Zealand 0.7%, Italy 0.6%, Netherlands 0.5% and Scotland 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Colac on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 30.7%, Uniting Church 15.6%, Anglican 15.1%, No Religion 14.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 8.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.8%, Netherlandic 0.1%, Greek 0.1%, German 0.1% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,469 people aged 15 years and over in Colac were in the labour force. Of these 60.9% worked full-time, 30.2% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.0% were unemployed. 3,212 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 8.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.6%, 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 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Colac, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 4.9%, Food Retailing 4.3%, Health Services 3.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7% and Education 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Colac, 2,700 families were counted: of these, 39.5% were couple families without children, 42.9% were couple families with children, 16.2% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Colac, 4,105 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Colac, 87.6% were separate houses, 6.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac, 49.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.9% were being purchased and 21.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Colac, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 28.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 27.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Colac, 65.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.3% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.