229 ▼ -36.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 361
- 2016: 249
- 2021: 229
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Quambatook · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Quambatook
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Quambatook is 59 years old, making the area far older than the national figure. This small community of 229 people is defined by a heavy concentration of seniors and a very small number of children.
229
▼ -36.6%
- 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 Quambatook — higher than 57% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 59, which is 21 years older than the average person in Victoria and across Australia. Quambatook's population of 229 is larger than about 57% of similar areas.
59 yrs ▲ +28.3%
Older than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46 yrs
- 2016: 58 yrs
- 2021: 59 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 35.4% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are so few here, at just 4.8%, far below the 18.2% seen across Australia.
35.4% ▲ +67.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
4.8% ▼ -77.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Quambatook splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (36%) and Seniors (65+) (36%), with Youth (15–24) at 14%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 1.7% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the Victorian average. Those in de facto relationships make up 11.7% of the area, consistent with figures for the state and nation.
1.7% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
11.7% ▲ +160.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Quambatook splits fairly evenly between Never married (35%) and Married (33%), with Divorced at 16%.
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 Quambatook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22131/quambatook/topic/demographics-identity