910 ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 819
- 2016: 824
- 2021: 910
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Mount Beauty · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Mount Beauty
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Mount Beauty is 48, making the area far older than both the state and national figures. With 910 people, the town is larger than about 73% of similar areas and is defined by a high proportion of retirees.
910
▲ +11.1%
- 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 Mount Beauty — higher than 72% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The usual age of residents is 48, which is far older than the Victorian and Australian average of 38.
48 yrs ▲ +6.7%
Older than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45 yrs
- 2016: 48 yrs
- 2021: 48 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 29.5% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are a little below the state and national figures at 15.3%.
29.5% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.3% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Mount Beauty splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (30%) and Older adults (45–64) (25%), with Young adults (25–44) at 22%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 16.5%, which is well above the national figure of 11.5%. About 1% of the population are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the state average.
1.0% ▲ +169.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
16.5% ▲ +45.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Mount Beauty splits fairly evenly between Married (38%) and Never married (35%), with Divorced at 14%.
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 Mount Beauty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21772/mount-beauty/topic/demographics-identity