263 ▼ -36.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 416
- 2016: 240
- 2021: 263
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Longwood · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Longwood
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A far older population than most similar areas defines Longwood, where the typical resident is 52. This age gap is stark, with the community being 14 years older than the typical person in Victoria or across Australia.
263
▼ -36.8%
- 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 Longwood — higher than 58% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population totals 263 people, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas.
52 yrs ▲ +13.0%
Older than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46 yrs
- 2016: 56 yrs
- 2021: 52 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 29.7% of the area, a figure far above the 17.2% national average. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the national figure at 14.1%.
29.7% ▲ +54.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
14.1% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Longwood splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (31%) and Seniors (65+) (30%), with Children (0–14) at 14%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
No residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well below the 3.2% national figure. Nearly half of the population are married, while 11.3% are in de facto relationships, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
11.3% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Longwood, the largest group is Married at 50%, followed by Never married (28%) and Divorced (13%).
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 Longwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21540/longwood/topic/demographics-identity