5,145 ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4,569
- 2016: 4,810
- 2021: 5,145
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Lakes Entrance · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Lakes Entrance
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Over a third of residents in Lakes Entrance are seniors, making it a far older community than the national average. With a typical age of 55, it is much older than most similar areas and has a total population of 5,145 people.
5,145
▲ +12.6%
- 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 Lakes Entrance — higher than 86% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 55, which is far older than the Victorian and national figure of 38. This makes Lakes Entrance much older than most areas of its size.
55 yrs ▲ +12.2%
Older than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49 yrs
- 2016: 53 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 36.1% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 make up only 14.7% of the community, which is well below the state average.
36.1% ▲ +31.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
14.7% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Lakes Entrance, the largest group is Seniors (65+) at 36%, followed by Older adults (45–64) (25%) and Young adults (25–44) (17%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 4.2% of the population, which is well above the Victorian average of 1.0%. In terms of relationships, 45.5% of residents are married, while those in de facto relationships are a little below the national figure at 10.3%.
4.2% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
10.3% ▲ +19.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Lakes Entrance, the largest group is Married at 45%, followed by Never married (28%) and Divorced (12%).
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 Lakes Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21449/lakes-entrance/topic/demographics-identity