137 ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 180
- 2016: 119
- 2021: 137
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Goon Nure · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Goon Nure
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A gap of 17 years separates the typical resident in Goon Nure from those in the rest of the country. This sparsely populated area is far older than the state and national averages, with the typical resident being 55 years old.
137
▼ -23.9%
- 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 Goon Nure — lower than 54% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is 137 people. This is smaller than about half of the similar areas at this level.
55 yrs ▲ +12.2%
Older than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49 yrs
- 2016: 49 yrs
- 2021: 55 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% of the population, which is far above the Victorian figure. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the national average at just 13.9%.
27.0% ▲ +186.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.9% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Goon Nure splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (32%) and Seniors (65+) (28%), with Young adults (25–44) at 21%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most residents are married, at 79.7%. People in de facto relationships make up only 2.8%, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
2.8% ▼ -48.3%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Goon Nure, Married is the majority at 85%; Never married is next at 15%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Goon Nure [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21064/goon-nure/topic/demographics-identity