2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colac · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Colac
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of people live alone in Colac, which is far above the national figure. This high number of single-person households means the typical home here is smaller than in most other areas.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Colac — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 38.7% of residents live by themselves, which is much higher than most areas. Because so many people live alone, there are typically only 2.2 people per home, a little below the national figure of 2.5.
38.7% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Colac, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 46.8% and couples without children at 31.2%.
20.0% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Colac, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (20%).
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/sal/SAL20607/colac/topic/family-households