2,579 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2,479
- 2016: 2,378
- 2021: 2,579
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Rutherglen · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Rutherglen
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Almost half of residents in Rutherglen are married, making it a community where traditional family structures are common. It is a notably older area, with a typical resident aged 48—a full decade older than the national figure. This trend is driven by a high proportion of seniors.
2,579
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Rutherglen — higher than 81% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Rutherglen has 2,579 people, which is larger than about 83% of similar areas. The population is far older than the state and national averages.
48 yrs ▲ +9.1%
Older than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44 yrs
- 2016: 47 yrs
- 2021: 48 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 27% of the population, which is far above the Victorian figure of 16.8%. This helps explain why the area is much older than most other similar places.
27.0% ▲ +40.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
16.4% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Rutherglen splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (27%) and Older adults (45–64) (27%), with Young adults (25–44) at 20%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
People in de facto relationships make up 13.2% of the community, slightly above the national figure. Around 2.2% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is a little above the state average.
2.2% ▲ +92.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
13.2% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Rutherglen, the largest group is Married at 47%, followed by Never married (31%) and Divorced (11%).
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 Rutherglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22217/rutherglen/topic/demographics-identity