2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colac · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Colac
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living on their own shapes daily life in Colac, where 34.7% of households are single-person homes. This is well above the national figure and reflects a growing trend in the area. While families remain common, the community has a distinct mix of single dwellers and traditional family homes.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Colac — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Colac holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian average of 2.5. This smaller household size is driven by the high proportion of people living alone, a figure that has risen to 34.7% since 2011.
34.7% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Colac splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.8% of families here, while one-parent families account for 16.5%. This last group is well above the state average of 13.3% and has remained steady over the last decade.
16.5% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.5%
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/ucl/UCL213003/colac/topic/family-households