161 ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 269
- 2016: 129
- 2021: 161
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Corop · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical age of 53 defines the pace of life in Corop, making it far older than most other areas. This small community of 161 people is shaped by a high proportion of seniors and a very low number of children.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Corop — lower than 51% of areas.
How many people, and the typical age.
The usual resident here is 53, which is 15 years older than the typical person in Victoria or across Australia.
161 ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
53 yrs ▲ +8.2%
Older than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 29.8% of the population, far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are so few here, at just 9.3%.
29.8% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
9.3% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Corop splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (33%) and Seniors (65+) (29%), with Young adults (25–44) at 20%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 5.0% of residents identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, which is well above the state average. Most people are married (50.7%), while de facto relationships are much less common here than in the rest of the country.
5.0% ▲ —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
6.6% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Corop, Married is the majority at 51%; Never married is next at 34%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Corop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20645/corop/topic/demographics-identity