135 ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 208
- 2016: 129
- 2021: 135
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Boorhaman · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Boorhaman
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older adults make up the largest age group in Boorhaman, with 34.8% of the population aged between 45 and 64. This is a small community of 135 people where the typical resident is 48, making the area far older than the national figure.
135
▼ -35.1%
- 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 Boorhaman — lower than 54% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 48, which is far older than the average person in Victoria or Australia by 10 years.
48 yrs ▼ -4.0%
Older than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50 yrs
- 2016: 45 yrs
- 2021: 48 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Boorhaman has a high proportion of both young and old, with children under 15 and seniors over 65 making up 24.4% and 30.4% of the population respectively. Both groups are well above the state and national figures.
30.4% ▲ +47.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
24.4% ▲ +59.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Boorhaman splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (31%) and Seniors (65+) (27%), with Children (0–14) at 22%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most people here are married at 57%, while the proportion of those in de facto relationships is a little above the Victorian average. No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well below the national figure.
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.
12.4% ▲ +60.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Boorhaman, Married is the majority at 59%; Never married is next at 25%.
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 Boorhaman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20295/boorhaman/topic/demographics-identity