164 ▼ -51.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 337
- 2016: 112
- 2021: 164
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Ruffy · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Ruffy
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older adults aged 45 to 64 make up the largest group in Ruffy, where the typical resident is 59. This makes the area far older than both the state and national averages. It is a small community of 164 people with a very high proportion of seniors.
164
▼ -51.3%
- 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 Ruffy — lower than 51% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 59, which is far older than the national figure of 38. Ruffy is larger than about 51% of similar areas.
59 yrs ▲ +15.7%
Older than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51 yrs
- 2016: 55 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 31.1% of the population, a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why the area has fewer children, with those under 15 making up 15.2% of the population.
31.1% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.2% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Ruffy, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 37%, followed by Seniors (65+) (31%) and Children (0–14) (15%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
People in de facto relationships make up 17.3% of the population, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. About 1.8% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
1.8% ▲ —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
17.3% ▲ +51.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Ruffy, Married is the majority at 54%; Never married is next at 29%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Ruffy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22211/ruffy/topic/demographics-identity