249 ▼ -41.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 426
- 2016: 164
- 2021: 249
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Skenes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Skenes Creek
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Skenes Creek is now 55, making the area far older than the national figure. This shift is seen in the local age profile, where nearly a third of the population are seniors. The community is small, with only 249 people living across the area.
249
▼ -41.5%
- 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 Skenes Creek — higher than 58% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 55 years old, which is far older than the national figure of 38. With 249 people, the population is larger than about 58% of similar areas.
55 yrs ▲ +5.8%
Older than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52 yrs
- 2016: 58 yrs
- 2021: 55 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 32.1% of the population, which is far above the Victorian figure. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here at 11.6%.
32.1% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
11.6% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Skenes Creek splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (33%) and Seniors (65+) (31%), with Young adults (25–44) at 20%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are very common here at 23.3%, which is far above the national figure. Meanwhile, there are no Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander residents, a rate well below the Australian average.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
23.3% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Skenes Creek, the largest group is Married at 45%, followed by Never married (30%) and Divorced (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 Skenes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22286/skenes-creek/topic/demographics-identity