Colac East

6.0% of Colac East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

48 family households lived in Colac East; 16.7% were couple families and 6.3% were one-parent families.

8.3% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Colac East had 168 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 78.7% of occupied private dwellings in Colac East.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

44.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

18.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Colac East had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 22.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 43.9%, while 18.2% had four or more usual residents.

11.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

59.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 14.3% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 36.9% of the total.

53.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.0% reported a different address.

19.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

73.8% of residents used only English at home.

18.5% used a language other than English at home.

13.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

19.6% of Colac East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.4% was born in Australia.

3.6% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 74.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.7% of ancestry responses in Colac East.

Australian ancestry made up 29.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 10.1% of responses.

6.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

44.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

58.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.4%.

Median household income was $1,541 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,690.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 11.9% in Colac East, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 44.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 36.9% in Colac East, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..