17,921 ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14,920
- 2016: 16,153
- 2021: 17,921
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Bentleigh · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Bentleigh
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Just one year older than the national average, Bentleigh is a large community where the typical resident is 39. It is a balanced area where children and older adults make up similar proportions of the population.
17,921
▲ +20.1%
- 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 Bentleigh — higher than 89% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Bentleigh is among the largest areas at this level, with 17,921 people. The typical resident is 39 years old, which is slightly older than the national figure of 38.
39 yrs → 0.0%
Younger than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39 yrs
- 2016: 39 yrs
- 2021: 39 yrs
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 18% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Seniors aged 65 and over are a little below the national average at 14.9%.
14.9% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
18.0% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Bentleigh splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (27%) and Young adults (25–44) (27%), with Children (0–14) at 18%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 49.4% of residents are married, while 0.3% identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is lower than most areas. People in de facto relationships make up 10.6% of the population, a figure about the same as the national average.
0.3% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.3%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
10.6% ▲ +54.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Bentleigh, the largest group is Married at 49%, followed by Never married (36%) and Divorced (7%).
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 Bentleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20214/bentleigh/topic/demographics-identity