319 ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 405
- 2016: 310
- 2021: 319
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Tooborac · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Tooborac
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
An older population marks Tooborac, where the typical resident is 49 years old. This is far older than the national figure of 38. The area has a small population of 319 people, with a high proportion of seniors and older adults.
319
▼ -21.2%
- 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 Tooborac — higher than 60% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 49, making this area far older than both Victoria and Australia. Its total population is 319, which is larger than about 62% of similar areas.
49 yrs ▲ +2.1%
Older than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48 yrs
- 2016: 48 yrs
- 2021: 49 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 22.3% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the Australian average at 15.0%.
22.3% ▲ +43.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.0% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Tooborac, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 34%, followed by Seniors (65+) (22%) and Young adults (25–44) (18%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
People in de facto relationships account for 16.4% of residents, a figure well above the 11.5% seen across Australia. Very few residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, at 0.0%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
16.4% ▲ +83.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Tooborac, the largest group is Married at 47%, followed by Never married (33%) and Divorced (10%).
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 Tooborac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22533/tooborac/topic/demographics-identity