39 —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52
- 2021: 39
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Heytesbury Lower · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Heytesbury Lower is now 49, making the area far older than the national figure of 38. With only 39 people living here, it is a sparsely populated area where a high proportion of adults are in de facto relationships.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Heytesbury Lower — lower than 77% of areas.
How many people, and the typical age.
The population is small, with just 39 residents. The typical person here is 49, which is far older than the state and national averages.
39 —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
49 yrs —
Older than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up only 10.3% of the population, well below the national figure of 18.2%. Notably, there are no residents aged 65 and over, which is far below the Victorian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
10.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Heytesbury Lower, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 37%, followed by Youth (15–24) (31%) and Young adults (25–44) (20%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 16.7%, while 53.1% 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.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
16.7% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Heytesbury Lower, Married is the majority at 59%; Never married is next at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Heytesbury Lower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21180/heytesbury-lower/topic/demographics-identity