299 ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 263
- 2016: 322
- 2021: 299
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Dartmoor · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Dartmoor
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older adults aged 45 to 64 make up the largest group in Dartmoor, which is a community of 299 people. This area is far older than the rest of Australia, with a typical resident being 55 years old.
299
▲ +13.7%
- 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 Dartmoor — higher than 59% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 55, which is far older than the Victorian and national figures of 38 years.
55 yrs ▲ +31.0%
Older than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42 yrs
- 2016: 50 yrs
- 2021: 55 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 only 9.7% of the population, well below the national figure. This is consistent with a high number of seniors, who make up 30.4% of the area—far above the 17.2% seen across Australia.
30.4% ▲ +64.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
9.7% ▼ -44.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Dartmoor splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (33%) and Seniors (65+) (31%), with Young adults (25–44) at 20%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 2.3% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Those in de facto relationships make up 19.3% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 11.5%.
2.3% ▲ —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
19.3% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Dartmoor, the largest group is Married at 45%, followed by Never married (26%) and Divorced (17%).
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 Dartmoor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20718/dartmoor/topic/demographics-identity