208 ▼ -42.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 360
- 2016: 197
- 2021: 208
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Devenish · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Devenish
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older residents dominate the daily life of Devenish, where the typical person is 54 years old. This makes the community far older than both the state and national averages, with a population of 208 people.
208
▼ -42.2%
- 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 Devenish — higher than 54% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 54, which is far older than the Victorian and national figures of 38. This makes the area much older than most similar places.
54 yrs ▲ +5.9%
Older than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51 yrs
- 2016: 54 yrs
- 2021: 54 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 29.8% of the population, a figure far above the national average. This is consistent with the low number of children under 15, who make up just 13.9% of the community.
29.8% ▲ +42.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.9% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Devenish splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (35%) and Seniors (65+) (30%), with Young adults (25–44) at 16%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Over half of the population is married, while 11% are in de facto relationships, which is about the same as the state and national figures. No residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
11.0% ▲ +29.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Devenish, Married is the majority at 54%; Never married is next at 25%.
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 Devenish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20746/devenish/topic/demographics-identity