Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in postcode 3662 is just 24, making this area far younger than the Victorian and national average of 38. This youthful profile is driven by a very high number of children and a tiny proportion of seniors.
The population is 1,108 people, which is smaller than about 68% of similar areas. This total shrank by 4.1% since 2011, with about 47 people leaving the area.
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 24.4% of the population, well above the national figure of 18.2%. This helps explain why the area is so young, especially as seniors aged 65 and over make up only 0.3% of the population.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 5.8% of the community, which is well above the Victorian average of 1.0%. People in de facto relationships account for 26.0% of residents, a figure far above the national average.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in 3662, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3662/3662-vic/topic/demographics-identity