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What's going on in Colac

Population 12,756 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#55 of 510 in Victoria

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (57.5%)

Rank 2

#103 of 510 in Victoria

for % single-parent families (16.0%)

Rank 3

#111 of 510 in Victoria

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (1.5%)

The three dimensions where Colac picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,250 / week
#436 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
42 years
#171 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
25.8%
#228 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
2.9%
#475 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#503 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Colac's sharpest rank is for % of adults with no post-school qualification. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #373 · one rank above Campsie - South New South Wales ↓ #375 · one rank below Alexander Heights - Koondoola Western Australia

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.