101 —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 87
- 2021: 101
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Strangways · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Strangways
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Strangways is now 55, making the area far older than the national average. This small community of 101 people is shaped by a high number of seniors and a very low proportion of children.
101
—
- 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 Strangways — lower than 59% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 55 years old, which is far older than the typical person in Victoria or Australia, where the figure is 38.
55 yrs —
Older than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45 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 27.7% of the population, far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are so few here, at just 6.9%.
27.7% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
6.9% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Strangways splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (32%) and Young adults (25–44) (27%), with Seniors (65+) at 25%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are very common at 24.1%, a figure far above the 11.5% seen across Australia. No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
24.1% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Strangways, Married is the majority at 51%; Never married is next at 30%.
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 Strangways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22367/strangways/topic/demographics-identity