Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A noticeably older population marks postcode 3345, where the typical resident is 43 years old. This is 5 years older than the Victorian and national figures. The area has grown as 174 more people moved here since 2011.
The total population is 1,393, which is smaller than about 64% of similar areas. The typical age of residents is 43, though this is one year younger than it was in 2011.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 20.2% of the area, which is much higher than most places. Meanwhile, the proportion of people aged 65 and over is 15.1%, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 16.6%, which is well above the national figure of 11.5%. About 1.5% of residents are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, a figure that rose 1.0 percentage points since 2011.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in 3345, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3345/3345-vic/topic/demographics-identity