Colo Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,719 people in Colo Vale of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Colo Vale was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Colo Vale aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Colo Vale was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Colo Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Colo Vale was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Colo Vale 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.5% were in primary school, 30.5% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Colo Vale were Australian 33.7%, English 29.2%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 8.2% and German 3.2%.

In Colo Vale, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.8%, Italy 0.7% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Colo Vale, 66.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Colo Vale were Anglican 30.2%, Catholic 24.0%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In Colo Vale 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, Estonian 0.6%, German 0.5%, French 0.5% and Macedonian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 878 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Colo Vale. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Colo Vale, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Colo Vale was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Colo Vale included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Professionals 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Managers 12.0%, Labourers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Colo Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Road Freight Transport 3.4%, Residential Care Services 3.4% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Colo Vale was $576.

In Colo Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.4%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Walked only 2.8%, Truck 1.9% and Other 0.7%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Colo Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.7% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% 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 Vale, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Colo Vale, 49.9% were couple families with children, 31.8% were couple families without children and 17.7% were one parent families.

In Colo Vale 24.7% of single parents were male and 75.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Colo Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,907 and those without children was $1,588.

Employment status of couple families

In Colo Vale, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 27.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Colo Vale, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Colo Vale, 97.9% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Colo Vale, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 45.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Colo Vale, 32.8% were owned outright, 45.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Colo Vale, of all households, 81.4% were family households, 16.9% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Colo Vale, 16.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.5% 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 Vale, 26.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Colo Vale, there were 37 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 43.2%) were male and 21 (or 56.8%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Colo Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,763.