Colac

16.0% of Colac's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

2,228 family households lived in Colac; 33.5% were couple families and 20.3% were one-parent families.

34.3% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Colac had 9,243 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 85.9% of occupied private dwellings in Colac.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

39.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

28.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Colac had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 38.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 17.2% had four or more usual residents.

5.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

66.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.9% walked or cycled.

10.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

48.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.2% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

86.3% of residents used only English at home.

8.0% used a language other than English at home.

2.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

10.9% of Colac's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% was born in Australia.

1.5% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.9% of ancestry responses in Colac.

Australian ancestry made up 40.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.6% of responses.

9.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 12.5% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.0%.

Median household income was $1,108 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,213.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 5.5% in Colac, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 39.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 31.3% in Colac, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..