16,115 ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16,376
- 2016: 16,051
- 2021: 16,115
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Corangamite · Council (LGA)
Demographics & Identity in Corangamite
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Almost half of the residents in Corangamite are married, reflecting a mature community where the typical person is 48. This is far older than the national figure of 38, and the area's population has aged by five years since 2011.
16,115
▼ -1.6%
- 1–2: 3 areas
- 2–3: 0 areas
- 3–4: 0 areas
- 4–7: 0 areas
- 7–12: 2 areas
- 12–20: 1 area
- 20–33: 0 areas
- 33–55: 1 area
- 55–91: 0 areas
- 91–150: 5 areas
- 150–248: 3 areas
- 248–409: 13 areas
- 409–675: 22 areas
- 675–1,115: 38 areas
- 1,115–1,840: 37 areas
- 1,840–3,038: 30 areas
- 3,038–5,014: 40 areas
- 5,014–8,276: 49 areas
- 8,276–13,661: 54 areas
- 13,661–22,550: 57 areas
- 22,550–37,223: 43 areas
- 37,223–61,442: 49 areas
- 61,442–101,420: 39 areas
- 101,420–167,409: 37 areas
- 167,409–276,336: 31 areas
- 276,336–456,137: 8 areas
- 456,137–752,926: 2 areas
- 752,926–1,242,825: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Corangamite — higher than 56% of areas.
| Corangamite | 16,115 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 1,576,613 |
| Victoria | 6,503,491 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is 16,115, which is larger than about 56% of similar areas. This number shrank by 1.6% since 2011, with a loss of about 261 people.
48 yrs ▲ +11.6%
Older than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 43 yrs
- 2016: 46 yrs
- 2021: 48 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
A quarter of the population is now 65 or older, which is well above the 17.2% national figure. This shift is linked to a drop in children under 15, who now make up 16.6% of the area.
24.7% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
16.6% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Corangamite splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (29%) and Seniors (65+) (25%), with Young adults (25–44) at 20%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 1.2% of people identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the Victorian average. Meanwhile, the share of people in de facto relationships rose to 11.7% since 2011.
1.2% ▲ +66.6%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
11.7% ▲ +44.4%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Corangamite, the largest group is Married at 48%, followed by Never married (32%) and Divorced (9%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Corangamite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21830/corangamite/topic/demographics-identity