57 —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37
- 2021: 57
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Daltons Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident of Daltons Bridge is 53 years old, making the area far older than both the state and national average. This small community of 57 people has a population heavily weighted towards older adults and seniors, with very few children living here.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Daltons Bridge — lower than 70% of areas.
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical age here is 53, which is 15 years older than the typical person in Victoria or Australia. The total population is 57, which is smaller than about 69% of similar areas.
57 —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
53 yrs —
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.
Children under 15 make up only 7.0% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 18.2%. This helps explain the older profile, as 40.4% of residents are aged between 45 and 64, and 19.3% are seniors.
19.3% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
7.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Daltons Bridge, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 49%, followed by Seniors (65+) (23%) and Youth (15–24) (11%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most of the community are married, representing 53.1% of residents. Those in de facto relationships make up 6.5%, which is well below the 11.5% national average, while no residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
6.5% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Daltons Bridge, Married is the majority at 59%; Never married is next at 20%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Daltons Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20704/daltons-bridge/topic/demographics-identity