Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in postcode 3370 is 52, making the area far older than the national figure of 38. This population has grown by 15% since 2011 to reach 1,900 people. The community is now defined by a significant proportion of seniors and a shrinking number of children.
The typical age here is 52, which is much higher than most similar areas and 14 years older than the Victorian average. This aging trend has continued since 2011, when the typical age was 48.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 27.3% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why the area has far fewer children under 15 than most other places, at just 13.9%.
People in de facto relationships make up 15.4% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 11.5%. Meanwhile, those identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander represent 2.5% of the area, a little above the state average.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in 3370, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3370/3370-vic/topic/demographics-identity