73 ▼ -60.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 185
- 2016: 67
- 2021: 73
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Mepunga East · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Mepunga East
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A far higher proportion of seniors live in Mepunga East than the national average, with 31.5% of residents aged 65 or over. This sparsely populated area has a small community of just 73 people. It is a place of extremes, with high numbers of both retirees and children.
73
▼ -60.5%
- 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 Mepunga East — lower than 66% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 39, making the area a little older than both Victoria and Australia. Only 73 people live here, which is smaller than about 65% of similar areas.
39 yrs ▲ +8.3%
Younger than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36 yrs
- 2016: 29 yrs
- 2021: 39 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 27.4% of the population, a figure well above the national average of 18.2%. This high number of children exists alongside a very large senior population, who make up nearly a third of the community.
31.5% ▲ +222.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
27.4% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Mepunga East splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (30%) and Children (0–14) (26%), with Young adults (25–44) at 22%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most residents are married, though 32.7% have never married and no one is in a de facto relationship. No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well below the Australian figure.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Mepunga East, Married is the majority at 62%; Never married is next at 33%.
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 Mepunga East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21651/mepunga-east/topic/demographics-identity