39 —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44
- 2021: 39
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Ayrford · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A massive 13 point gap separates the number of children in Ayrford from the Victorian average. This sparsely populated area is very young, with a typical resident aged 36 and no one aged 65 or over.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ayrford — lower than 77% of areas.
How many people, and the typical age.
Ayrford is a small area with only 39 residents. The typical person here is 36, which is a little younger than the national figure of 38.
39 —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
36 yrs —
Younger than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 30.8% of the population, a figure far above the 18% seen across Victoria. This helps explain why there are no seniors aged 65 and over in the area.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
30.8% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Ayrford splits fairly evenly between Children (0–14) (33%) and Older adults (45–64) (33%), with Youth (15–24) at 25%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are more common here than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure at 15.6%. No one in Ayrford identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is a little below the state average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.6% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Ayrford, the largest group is Married at 45%, followed by Never married (32%) and Divorced (13%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Ayrford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20094/ayrford/topic/demographics-identity