462 ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 363
- 2016: 358
- 2021: 462
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Tarwin Lower · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Tarwin Lower
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A population far older than the national average shapes daily life in Tarwin Lower, where the typical resident is 53. This age gap is seen in the high proportion of seniors and a small number of children compared to other areas.
462
▲ +27.3%
- 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 Tarwin Lower — higher than 63% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Tarwin Lower has 462 residents, making it larger than about 66% of similar areas. The typical person living here is 53, which is 15 years older than the typical person in Victoria or Australia.
53 yrs ▲ +6.0%
Older than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50 yrs
- 2016: 53 yrs
- 2021: 53 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 29.2% of the population, which is far above the 17.2% national figure. This helps explain why children under 15 make up only 14.1% of the area, well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
29.2% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
14.1% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Tarwin Lower splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (32%) and Seniors (65+) (29%), with Young adults (25–44) at 17%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
More than half of residents are married, while 15.6% are in a de facto relationship, which is well above the national figure. People of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent make up 0.6% of the population, slightly below the Australian average.
0.6% ▲ —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.6% ▲ +77.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Tarwin Lower, Married is the majority at 57%; Never married is next at 26%.
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 Tarwin Lower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22465/tarwin-lower/topic/demographics-identity