Collie Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Collie (6225) is a suburb of South Western, South West, Western Australia. It is about 159 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Collie is in the federal electorate of Forrest.

In the 2011 census the population of Collie was 7,961 and is comprised of approximately 46.0% females and 54.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Collie is 39 years of age.

78.8% of people living in the suburb of Collie were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.4% England, 3.1% New Zealand, 0.7% Italy, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% South Africa, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Poland, 0.3% India, 0.3% Korea, Republic of , 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Zimbabwe.

90.2% of people living in Collie speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.8% Italian, 0.7% Other, 0.5% Polish, 0.3% Korean, 0.2% Other , 0.2% Mandarin, 0.2% German, 0.1% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Collie is 29.8% No religion, 22.3% Catholic, 21.9% Anglican, 11.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.8% Uniting Church, 1.7% Baptist, 1.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.3% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Other religious affiliation , 0.6% Salvation Army.

47.3% of people are married, 33.9% have never married and 9.4% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 375 widowed people living in Collie.

61.4% of the people living in Collie over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.2% are working on a part time basis. Collie has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Collie are 27.4% Technicians & trades workers, 18.3% Labourers, 15.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.1% Professionals, 7.9% Community & personal service workers, 7.0% Sales workers, 5.8% Managers, 2.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Collie work in are 16.5% Construction, 14.7% Mining, 10.9% Manufacturing, 9.5% Retail trade, 7.5% Health care and social assistance, 6.6% Accommodation and food services, 6.2% Electricity, gas, water and waste services, 6.0% Education and training, 4.2% Public administration and safety.

35.8% of homes are fully owned, and 37.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $553 per week and the median household income is $1260 per week.

The median rent in Collie is $195 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

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