694 ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 662
- 2016: 702
- 2021: 694
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Birchip · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Birchip
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A far older population marks the current makeup of Birchip, where the typical resident is now 49. This is 11 years older than the typical person across Victoria or Australia. With a total population of 694, the area is larger than about 71% of similar places.
694
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Birchip — higher than 70% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 49, which is far older than the national figure of 38.
49 yrs ▲ +6.5%
Older than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46 yrs
- 2016: 47 yrs
- 2021: 49 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors make up 30.1% of the population, which is far above the 17.2% seen across Australia. Meanwhile, children under 15 account for 17.6%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
30.1% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
17.6% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Birchip splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (30%) and Older adults (45–64) (26%), with Young adults (25–44) at 19%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 1.2% of the population, which is about the same as the Victorian average. Around 47% of residents are married, while 11% are in a de facto relationship.
1.2% ▲ +154.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
11.0% ▲ +30.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Birchip, the largest group is Married at 47%, followed by Never married (32%) and Divorced (10%).
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 Birchip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20244/birchip/topic/demographics-identity