1,844 ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1,656
- 2016: 1,728
- 2021: 1,844
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Clunes · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Clunes
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Clunes is 51, making the population far older than both the Victorian and national averages. This gap is driven by a high proportion of seniors and very few children. The town has 1,844 people, which is larger than about 80% of similar areas.
1,844
▲ +11.4%
- 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 Clunes — higher than 77% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 51 years old, which is far older than the national figure of 38.
51 yrs ▲ +6.3%
Older than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48 yrs
- 2016: 50 yrs
- 2021: 51 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 27.4% of the population, far above the 17.2% seen across Australia. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the national figure at just 14.0%.
27.4% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
14.0% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Clunes splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (32%) and Seniors (65+) (27%), with Young adults (25–44) at 18%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
People in de facto relationships make up 15.4% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 11.5%. About 2.5% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, slightly above the Victorian average.
2.5% ▲ +101.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.4% ▲ +32.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Clunes, the largest group is Married at 40%, followed by Never married (34%) and Divorced (15%).
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 Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20580/clunes/topic/demographics-identity