403 ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 412
- 2016: 398
- 2021: 403
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Dales Creek · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Dales Creek
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far more children live here than in most similar areas, making Dales Creek a notably young-family skewed community. The population totals 403 people, with a typical resident aged around 40 years.
403
▼ -2.2%
- 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 Dales Creek — higher than 62% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical age of 40 years is a little older than the Victorian and national figures of 38 years. This community is larger than about 65% of similar areas.
40 yrs ▲ +2.6%
Younger than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39 yrs
- 2016: 39 yrs
- 2021: 40 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 21.6% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 18.2%. This helps explain why the proportion of seniors is much lower than most areas, at just 11.7%.
11.7% ▲ +220.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
21.6% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Dales Creek splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (31%) and Young adults (25–44) (27%), with Children (0–14) at 21%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Over half of residents are married, while those in de facto relationships are a little more common here than in the rest of Australia. No Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people live in the area.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.0% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Dales Creek, Married is the majority at 52%; Never married is next at 32%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Dales Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20701/dales-creek/topic/demographics-identity