17,633 ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14,521
- 2016: 16,175
- 2021: 17,633
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Port Melbourne · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Port Melbourne
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Port Melbourne is now 42, making the area noticeably older than the national figure. With 17,633 people, it is among the largest areas of its kind and is shaped by a high proportion of young and middle-aged adults.
17,633
▲ +21.4%
- 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 Port Melbourne — higher than 89% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is 17,633, and the typical person living here is 42, which is noticeably older than the Victorian and Australian figures of 38.
42 yrs ▲ +10.5%
Younger than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38 yrs
- 2016: 40 yrs
- 2021: 42 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 13.8% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 18.2%. This helps explain why the area is dominated by adults, with 62.3% of people aged between 25 and 64.
16.1% ▲ +32.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.8% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Port Melbourne splits fairly evenly between Young adults (25–44) (33%) and Older adults (45–64) (29%), with Seniors (65+) at 16%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 17.3%, well above the 11.5% national figure. Meanwhile, 0.5% of the population are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is a little below the Australian average.
0.5% ▲ +129.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
17.3% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Port Melbourne splits fairly evenly between Never married (42%) and Married (39%), with Divorced at 12%.
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 Port Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22107/port-melbourne/topic/demographics-identity