66 ▼ -61.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 171
- 2016: 55
- 2021: 66
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Genoa · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Genoa
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical age of 60 makes Genoa far older than most other areas in the region. This sparsely populated place has a very small community of just 66 people. The population is dominated by older adults and seniors, with very few children living here.
66
▼ -61.4%
- 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 Genoa — lower than 68% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The usual resident is 60 years old, which is far older than the national figure of 38. This is among the highest typical ages for areas at this level.
60 yrs ▲ +22.4%
Older than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49 yrs
- 2016: 60 yrs
- 2021: 60 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 27.3% of the population, which is far above the national rate of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are so rare here, at just 4.5%.
27.3% ▲ +39.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
4.5% ▼ -60.5%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Genoa, Older adults (45–64) is the majority at 52%; Seniors (65+) is next at 32%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 22.4% of people are in a de facto relationship, a figure far above the 11.5% seen across Australia. No Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people live here, which is lower than most areas.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
22.4% ▲ +117.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Genoa, the largest group is Married at 44%, followed by Widowed (18%) and Never married (16%).
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 Genoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20980/genoa/topic/demographics-identity