2.3 —
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colac · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Colac
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Colac are occupied by people living alone, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person households means the area has a smaller typical household size than most other parts of the country.
2.3
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- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Colac — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 34.3% of residents live by themselves, which is much higher than most areas and rose slightly since 2016. Consequently, Colac has just 2.3 people per home, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
34.3% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Colac splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 16.0% of the total, which is a little above the state and national figures, though this proportion fell slightly since 2016.
16.0% —
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Colac, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Colac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/217031472/colac/topic/family-households