7,759 ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7,459
- 2016: 7,516
- 2021: 7,759
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Loddon · Council (LGA)
Demographics & Identity in Loddon
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Almost half of all residents in Loddon are married, reflecting a community with a very high typical age. The area is far older than the state and national average, with a typical resident aged 52. This ageing trend is marked by a high proportion of seniors and a shrinking number of children.
7,759
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Loddon — lower than 58% of areas.
| Loddon | 7,759 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 1,576,613 |
| Victoria | 6,503,491 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population grew by 4% since 2011 to reach 7,759 people. This is a notably older population, with the typical resident now 52, which is 14 years older than the typical person in Victoria or across Australia.
52 yrs ▲ +4.0%
Older than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 50 yrs
- 2016: 51 yrs
- 2021: 52 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniiors aged 65 and over make up 29% of the population, a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here than in most areas, falling to 14.9% since 2011.
29.0% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
14.9% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Loddon splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (31%) and Seniors (65+) (29%), with Young adults (25–44) at 17%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 2.2% of residents identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, which is a little above the Victorian average. Those in de facto relationships make up 10.8% of the area, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
2.2% ▲ +57.1%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
10.8% ▲ +34.0%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Loddon, the largest group is Married at 48%, followed by Never married (29%) and Divorced (10%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Loddon
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Loddon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23940/loddon/topic/demographics-identity