423 ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 412
- 2016: 426
- 2021: 423
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Merricks North · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Merricks North
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Merricks North is 54, which is far older than the national figure of 38. This sparsely populated area has a population of 423 people and is shaped by a very high proportion of seniors.
423
▲ +2.7%
- 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 Merricks North — higher than 62% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living here is 54, making the area far older than both Victoria and Australia by 16 years.
54 yrs ▲ +14.9%
Older than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47 yrs
- 2016: 48 yrs
- 2021: 54 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 31% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the state average at 14.7%.
31.0% ▲ +43.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
14.7% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Merricks North splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (31%) and Seniors (65+) (31%), with Children (0–14) at 15%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most people are married, accounting for 59.3% of the population. Those in de facto relationships make up 10.6%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.7% ▲ —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
10.6% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Merricks North, Married is the majority at 59%; Never married is next at 27%.
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 Merricks North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21664/merricks-north/topic/demographics-identity