45 —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45
- 2021: 45
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Gower · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Gower
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far older residents than most similar areas define Gower, where the typical person is 51. This sparsely populated place has a unique age split, with a high number of middle-aged adults but no residents aged 65 and over.
45
—
- 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 Gower — lower than 74% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Only 45 people live here, making it smaller than about 74% of similar areas. The typical resident is 51, which is far older than the Victorian and national figure of 38.
51 yrs —
Older than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47 yrs
- 2021: 51 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Older adults aged 45 to 64 make up over half the population at 57.8%. While children under 15 are a little more common here than in the rest of the state at 20%, there are no people aged 65 or over.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
20.0% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Gower, Older adults (45–64) is the majority at 63%; Children (0–14) is next at 22%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are well above the national figure at 15.4%, though 57.1% of residents are married. No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.4% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Gower, Married is the majority at 59%; Never married is next at 32%.
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 Gower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21083/gower/topic/demographics-identity