206 ▼ -38.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 334
- 2016: 207
- 2021: 206
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Picola · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Picola
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far older residents than most similar areas make up the population of Picola, where the typical person is 57. This small community of 206 people is marked by a high proportion of seniors and very few children.
206
▼ -38.3%
- 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 Picola — higher than 54% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 57, which is far older than the national figure of 38. This makes Picola much older than most similar areas.
57 yrs ▲ +14.0%
Older than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50 yrs
- 2016: 53 yrs
- 2021: 57 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 21.8% of the population, well above the Victorian figure of 16.8%. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here, at just 9.2%.
21.8% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
9.2% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Picola, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 40%, followed by Seniors (65+) (23%) and Young adults (25–44) (19%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Half of the population are married, and people in de facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas. About 1.9% of residents identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
1.9% ▼ -50.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
16.3% ▲ +78.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Picola, Married is the majority at 51%; Never married is next at 26%.
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 Picola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22066/picola/topic/demographics-identity