855 ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 772
- 2016: 744
- 2021: 855
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Scarsdale · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Scarsdale
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
More than one in five residents are children under 15 in Scarsdale, making it a notably young community. The typical resident is 39 years old, and the total population has grown to 855 people.
855
▲ +10.8%
- 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 Scarsdale — higher than 72% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The area is larger than about 73% of similar places. Residents here are a little older than those in Victoria and Australia, where the typical age is 38.
39 yrs ▼ -4.9%
Younger than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41 yrs
- 2016: 39 yrs
- 2021: 39 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children make up 20.5% of the population, which is higher than most areas. This contrasts with seniors aged 65 and over, who represent 13.7% of the population—a figure well below the national and state averages.
13.7% ▲ +24.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
20.5% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Scarsdale splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (29%) and Young adults (25–44) (24%), with Children (0–14) at 21%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are more common here than in most areas, at 14.1%. About 1.2% of residents identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the figure for Victoria.
1.2% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.1% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Scarsdale splits fairly evenly between Married (43%) and Never married (39%), with Divorced at 9%.
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 Scarsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22241/scarsdale/topic/demographics-identity