455 ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 412
- 2016: 413
- 2021: 455
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Dumbalk · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Dumbalk
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older residents are more common in Dumbalk than in most similar areas. The typical person here is 48, which is 10 years older than the national figure. This creates a community where seniors and older adults make up over half the population.
455
▲ +10.4%
- 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 Dumbalk — higher than 63% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
There are 455 people living in the area, a population size that is larger than about 66% of similar places.
48 yrs ▲ +2.1%
Older than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47 yrs
- 2016: 50 yrs
- 2021: 48 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 24.2% of the population, which is well above the Victorian figure of 16.8%. This older age profile is reinforced by the fact that adults aged 45 to 64 are the largest group at 29.5%.
24.2% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
16.7% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Dumbalk, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 30%, followed by Seniors (65+) (24%) and Young adults (25–44) (21%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are more common here than in most areas, at 14.5%, which is well above the state rate. About 47.2% of residents are married and 1.3% identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
1.3% ▲ +80.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.5% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Dumbalk, the largest group is Married at 48%, followed by Never married (32%) and Divorced (11%).
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 Dumbalk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20804/dumbalk/topic/demographics-identity