Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A population of just 30 people makes Mockinya a sparsely populated area. This tiny community is notably younger than most similar areas, with a significant number of children and no residents aged 65 or over.
The typical resident is 41 years old, which is noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Only 30 people live here, making it smaller than about 80% of similar areas.
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 26.7% of the population, which is well above the Victorian figure of 18%. In a striking contrast, there are no seniors aged 65 and over, a figure far below the national average of 17.2%.
No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 3.2%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Mockinya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21713/mockinya/topic/demographics-identity