325 ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 355
- 2016: 357
- 2021: 325
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
North Shore · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in North Shore
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in North Shore is 45, making the area noticeably older than the state and national figures. This community of 325 people has a distinct age profile, with a very low number of children and a high proportion of middle-aged adults.
325
▼ -8.5%
- 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 North Shore — higher than 60% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living here is 45 years old, which is seven years older than the typical resident across Victoria and Australia.
45 yrs ▲ +15.4%
Older than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39 yrs
- 2016: 44 yrs
- 2021: 45 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 only 11.1% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 18.2%. This lack of young people helps explain why the area's age structure is skewed toward adults, with 32% of residents aged between 45 and 64.
18.5% ▲ +42.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
11.1% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →North Shore splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (32%) and Young adults (25–44) (30%), with Seniors (65+) at 18%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are more common here than in most similar areas, at 14.0%. Very few residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, at 0.0%, which is well below the national average.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.0% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In North Shore, the largest group is Never married at 45%, followed by Married (31%) and Divorced (15%).
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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21967/north-shore/topic/demographics-identity