South Kolan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,164 people in South Kolan of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in South Kolan was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in South Kolan aged 15 years and over, 56.9% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Kolan was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In South Kolan, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Kolan was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In South Kolan 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.4% were in primary school, 26.8% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Kolan were Australian 35.1%, English 29.7%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 6.6% and German 5.1%.

In South Kolan, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 2.1%, Germany 0.8%, Netherlands 0.7% and Malaysia 0.4%.

In South Kolan, 79.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Kolan were No Religion 23.5%, Anglican 21.9%, Catholic 17.0%, Uniting Church 12.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In South Kolan 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.3%, Tagalog 0.3%, Japanese 0.3%, German 0.3% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 513 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Kolan. Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Kolan, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Kolan was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in South Kolan included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Managers 15.9%, Labourers 14.8%, Professionals 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7% and Sales Workers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in South Kolan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 6.1%, School Education 5.7%, Other Crop Growing 4.7%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Kolan was $429.

In South Kolan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 3.8%, Truck 1.3% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Kolan, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in South Kolan, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Kolan, 42.3% were couple families with children, 45.8% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In South Kolan 9.1% of single parents were male and 90.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Kolan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,481 and those without children was $1,437.

Employment status of couple families

In South Kolan, of couple families with children, 10.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Kolan, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Kolan, 99.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In South Kolan, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Kolan, 38.6% were owned outright, 45.5% were owned with a mortgage and 13.7% were rented.

Household composition

In South Kolan, of all households, 82.0% were family households, 15.3% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In South Kolan, 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In South Kolan, 28.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Kolan, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 53.8%) were male and 6 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 11 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In South Kolan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In South Kolan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.