88 ▼ -69.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 284
- 2016: 85
- 2021: 88
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Wahring · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Wahring
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A gap of 18 years separates the typical resident in Wahring from the national average, making it a far older community. With only 88 people living across the area, the population is small and skewed heavily towards seniors.
88
▼ -69.0%
- 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 Wahring — lower than 62% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living in Wahring is 56, which is much higher than most similar areas and far older than the Victorian average of 38.
56 yrs ▲ +21.7%
Older than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46 yrs
- 2016: 54 yrs
- 2021: 56 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 29.5% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 17.2%. This shift is reflected in the small number of children under 15, who account for just 4.5% of residents.
29.5% ▲ +39.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
4.5% ▼ -74.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Wahring splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (32%) and Older adults (45–64) (31%), with Young adults (25–44) at 28%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most residents are married (64.6%), while those in de facto relationships make up only 4.1%, which is well below the national figure of 11.5%. No Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people live in the area.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
4.1% ▼ -66.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Wahring, Married is the majority at 60%; Never married is next at 24%.
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 Wahring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22645/wahring/topic/demographics-identity