Colo Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 332 people in Colo Heights of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Colo Heights was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Colo Heights aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Colo Heights was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Colo Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Colo Heights was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Colo Heights 35.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Colo Heights were Australian 29.7%, English 28.8%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 6.3% and Dutch 2.7%.

In Colo Heights, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, Philippines 1.5%, Czech Republic 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and Canada 0.9%.

In Colo Heights, 66.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Colo Heights were No Religion 19.4%, Anglican 16.7%, Catholic 16.1%, Jehovah's Witnesses 10.0% and Christian, nfd 3.3%.

In Colo Heights 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 0.9% and Tagalog 0.9%.

Employment

There were 153 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Colo Heights. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Colo Heights, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Colo Heights was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Colo Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.8%, Labourers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Managers 9.7%, Professionals 7.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Colo Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 9.7%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 6.9%, State Government Administration 3.5%, Beverage Manufacturing 2.8% and Other Wood Product Manufacturing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Colo Heights was $392.

In Colo Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Walked only 2.7%, Truck 2.0% and Train, car as driver 2.0%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Colo Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Colo Heights, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Colo Heights, 47.0% were couple families with children, 32.5% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Colo Heights 58.3% of single parents were male and 41.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Colo Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $700.

Employment status of couple families

In Colo Heights, of couple families with children, 18.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Colo Heights, 96.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Colo Heights, 94.8% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Colo Heights, of occupied private dwellings 9.6% had 1 bedroom, 22.8% had 2 bedrooms and 25.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Colo Heights, 32.8% were owned outright, 38.8% were owned with a mortgage and 23.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Colo Heights, of all households, 67.3% were family households, 29.2% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Colo Heights, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Colo Heights, 35.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Colo Heights, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 7 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Colo Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $741.

In Colo Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,500.