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Canadian - Mount Clear vs Creswick - Clunes
Statistical Area 2 (SA2) comparison ≈ 28 km apart · Canadian - Mount Clear profile · Creswick - Clunes profile
Canadian - Mount Clear Creswick - Clunes
Canadian - Mount Clear and Creswick - Clunes are nearby Victorian areas with very different characters. Canadian - Mount Clear is a younger, more transient hub where the typical resident is 37 and 21% of people arrived recently from overseas. It is more walkable (somewhat walkable) and urban, with far more people renting (35.7%) and a higher share of residents finishing Year 12 (55.8%). In contrast, Creswick - Clunes is a much older, more stable area where the typical resident is 49 and 46.7% of homes are owned outright. It is mostly car-dependent and more rural, with a higher proportion of people aged 65 and over (26.3%).
These two areas have tracked in different directions since 2011, with the gaps in age, home ownership, and overseas arrivals all widening. Despite these diverging trends, they share several everyday realities. Both have the same typical number of people per home (2.3) and similar rates of people working from home (around 18%). They also have almost identical shares of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents, at 2.0% in Canadian - Mount Clear and 1.5% in Creswick - Clunes.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2021: 12,225
- Second area, 2011: 7,423
- Second area, 2016: 7,821
- Second area, 2021: 8,085
- First area, 2021: 37 yrs
- Second area, 2011: 45 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 48 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 49 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Canadian - Mount Clear: 1.1% males, 1.5% females; 85+ in Creswick - Clunes: 1.2% males, 1.6% females
- 80–84 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 1.0% males, 1.2% females; 80–84 in Creswick - Clunes: 1.5% males, 1.5% females
- 75–79 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 1.5% males, 1.8% females; 75–79 in Creswick - Clunes: 2.5% males, 2.4% females
- 70–74 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 1.9% males, 2.5% females; 70–74 in Creswick - Clunes: 3.8% males, 3.2% females
- 65–69 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 2.5% males, 3.2% females; 65–69 in Creswick - Clunes: 4.1% males, 4.5% females
- 60–64 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 2.4% males, 3.0% females; 60–64 in Creswick - Clunes: 4.2% males, 4.3% females
- 55–59 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 2.5% males, 2.6% females; 55–59 in Creswick - Clunes: 3.6% males, 4.2% females
- 50–54 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 2.6% males, 3.0% females; 50–54 in Creswick - Clunes: 3.4% males, 3.5% females
- 45–49 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 3.0% males, 3.2% females; 45–49 in Creswick - Clunes: 3.7% males, 3.2% females
- 40–44 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 2.9% males, 3.3% females; 40–44 in Creswick - Clunes: 2.6% males, 2.8% females
- 35–39 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 3.1% males, 3.4% females; 35–39 in Creswick - Clunes: 2.6% males, 2.6% females
- 30–34 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 3.4% males, 3.7% females; 30–34 in Creswick - Clunes: 2.3% males, 2.2% females
- 25–29 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 4.6% males, 4.1% females; 25–29 in Creswick - Clunes: 1.7% males, 2.0% females
- 20–24 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 3.7% males, 3.7% females; 20–24 in Creswick - Clunes: 1.9% males, 1.5% females
- 15–19 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 3.0% males, 2.8% females; 15–19 in Creswick - Clunes: 2.3% males, 2.5% females
- 10–14 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 3.1% males, 3.0% females; 10–14 in Creswick - Clunes: 3.2% males, 2.8% females
- 5–9 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 3.2% males, 3.0% females; 5–9 in Creswick - Clunes: 3.0% males, 2.5% females
- 0–4 in Canadian - Mount Clear: 2.8% males, 2.5% females; 0–4 in Creswick - Clunes: 2.4% males, 2.5% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2021: $733
- Second area, 2011: $446
- Second area, 2016: $511
- Second area, 2021: $628
- First area, 2021: $1,396
- Second area, 2011: $879
- Second area, 2016: $994
- Second area, 2021: $1,238
- First area, 2021: $1,800
- Second area, 2011: $1,094
- Second area, 2016: $1,272
- Second area, 2021: $1,625
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
First Nations
Family & Households
- First area, 2021: 2.3
- Second area, 2011: 2.4
- Second area, 2016: 2.3
- Second area, 2021: 2.3
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2021: $295
- Second area, 2011: $155
- Second area, 2016: $200
- Second area, 2021: $250
- First area, 2021: $1,387
- Second area, 2011: $1,170
- Second area, 2016: $1,213
- Second area, 2021: $1,300
- First area, 2021: 0.70
- Second area, 2011: 1.10
- Second area, 2016: 0.80
- Second area, 2021: 0.70
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Economy & Advantage
Environment & Climate
Walkability
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Canadian - Mount Clear vs Creswick - Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sa2/201011483/canadian-mount-clear/vs/201021010/creswick-clunes