125 ▼ -73.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 479
- 2016: 82
- 2021: 125
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Beech Forest · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Beech Forest
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far older residents than most similar areas define Beech Forest, where the typical person is 50. This small community of 125 people is notably older than the state and national averages by 12 years.
125
▼ -73.9%
- 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 Beech Forest — lower than 55% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person here is 50, making the population far older than the national figure of 38. There are 125 people living in the area.
50 yrs ▲ +13.6%
Older than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44 yrs
- 2016: 45 yrs
- 2021: 50 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Older adults aged 45 to 64 make up the biggest group at 40.8%. Children under 15 and seniors over 65 are both well below national levels, at 15.2% and 11.2% respectively.
11.2% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.2% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Beech Forest, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 46%, followed by Children (0–14) (17%) and Young adults (25–44) (15%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are far more common here than in the rest of Victoria, at 26.0%. No residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is lower than most areas.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
26.0% ▲ +59.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Beech Forest, the largest group is Never married at 39%, followed by Married (32%) and Divorced (18%).
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 Beech Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20185/beech-forest/topic/demographics-identity