Collie

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,947 people were counted in Collie: of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Of the total population 3.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie there were 1,660 children aged 0-14 years and 1,470 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie, 6,318 people were Australian citizens, 812 were born overseas and 9 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie, 51.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.4% were separated or divorced, 7.6% were widowed and 29.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Collie, 82.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Collie were England 4.3%, New Zealand 1.5%, Italy 1.0%, Poland 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Collie on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.8%, No Religion 22.9%, Catholic 22.8%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Baptist 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.3%, Polish 1.0%, German 0.3%, Cantonese 0.1% and Japanese 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,850 people aged 15 years and over in Collie were in the labour force. Of these 52.1% worked full-time, 33.3% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.5% were unemployed. 2,205 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.7%, Professionals 4.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Associate Professionals 4.4%, Managers and Administrators 1.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Collie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 7.7%, Food Retailing 3.2%, Education 3.1%, Electricity and Gas Supply 2.7% and Health Services 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Collie, 1,901 families were counted: of these, 35.3% were couple families without children, 46.6% were couple families with children, 17.0% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Collie, 2,717 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Collie, 92.6% were separate houses, 4.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie, 42.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 29.2% were being purchased and 20.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Collie, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 26.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 35.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Collie, 69.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.