5,541 ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4,360
- 2016: 4,787
- 2021: 5,541
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Mansfield · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Mansfield
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far older than the national average, Mansfield is a community where the typical resident is 47. It is a larger town than 91% of similar areas, with a population of 5,541 people.
5,541
▲ +27.1%
- 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 Mansfield — higher than 86% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person here is 47, which is far older than the national figure of 38.
47 yrs ▲ +6.8%
Older than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44 yrs
- 2016: 45 yrs
- 2021: 47 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
A quarter of the population is aged 65 and over, a figure well above the 17.2% seen across Australia. This older age profile is reflected in the breakdown, where seniors and older adults together make up over half the community.
26.0% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
18.0% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Mansfield splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (26%) and Seniors (65+) (26%), with Young adults (25–44) at 22%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Nearly half of the population is married, and those in de facto relationships are a little more common here than in the rest of Victoria. About 1.2% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the state average.
1.2% ▲ +43.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.0% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Mansfield, the largest group is Married at 49%, followed by Never married (30%) and Divorced (10%).
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 Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21599/mansfield/topic/demographics-identity