33 —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40
- 2021: 33
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Nurcoung · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Nearly 40% of the 33 people living in Nurcoung are children under 15. This is a sparsely populated area where the age profile is split between a high number of young families and a significant group of seniors.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Nurcoung — lower than 80% of areas.
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 39 years old, which is a little older than the Victorian and national figures of 38.
33 —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
39 yrs —
Younger than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 39.4% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 18.2%. Seniors aged 65 and over are also well represented at 21.2%, which is well above the 17.2% seen across Australia.
21.2% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
39.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Nurcoung splits fairly evenly between Children (0–14) (29%) and Older adults (45–64) (27%), with Young adults (25–44) at 20%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most residents are married at 63.6%, while no one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, a figure well below the national average of 3.2%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
In Nurcoung, Married is the majority at 75%; Never married is next at 25%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Nurcoung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21988/nurcoung/topic/demographics-identity