23 —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10
- 2021: 23
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Basalt · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Basalt
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older adults and seniors each make up 30.4% of the population in Basalt, creating a community with a very mature profile. This is a sparsely populated area of just 23 people where residents are generally older than those in the rest of the state.
23
—
- 1–1: 689 areas
- 1–2: 0 areas
- 2–3: 119 areas
- 3–5: 108 areas
- 5–7: 243 areas
- 7–11: 241 areas
- 11–16: 514 areas
- 16–24: 579 areas
- 24–36: 898 areas
- 36–53: 1059 areas
- 53–79: 1168 areas
- 79–117: 1203 areas
- 117–174: 1171 areas
- 174–258: 1010 areas
- 258–384: 856 areas
- 384–571: 670 areas
- 571–850: 616 areas
- 850–1,263: 567 areas
- 1,263–1,879: 520 areas
- 1,879–2,794: 590 areas
- 2,794–4,154: 679 areas
- 4,154–6,177: 585 areas
- 6,177–9,186: 528 areas
- 9,186–13,659: 405 areas
- 13,659–20,311: 195 areas
- 20,311–30,202: 96 areas
- 30,202–44,910: 33 areas
- 44,910–66,781: 10 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Basalt — lower than 84% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 45, making the area noticeably older than both Victoria and Australia, where the usual age is 38.
45 yrs —
Older than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53 yrs
- 2021: 45 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
There are no children under 15 here, which is far below the national figure of 18.2%. This helps explain why the proportion of people aged 65 and over is much higher than most areas at 30.4%.
30.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Basalt splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (41%) and Seniors (65+) (41%), with Youth (15–24) at 18%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
No residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, and there are no people in de facto relationships, which is far below the Victorian average of 11.2%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Basalt splits fairly evenly between Never married (43%) and Married (38%), with Divorced at 19%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Basalt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20163/basalt/topic/demographics-identity