94 —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 113
- 2021: 94
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Wallacedale · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Wallacedale is 43, making the population noticeably older than the Victorian and national figures. This sparsely populated area has a small community of just 94 people, with a high proportion of adults between 45 and 64.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wallacedale — lower than 60% of areas.
How many people, and the typical age.
Wallacedale is a small community of 94 people. The typical resident is 43, which is 5 years older than the usual person in Victoria or across Australia.
94 —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
43 yrs —
Younger than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 17% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Meanwhile, the 13.8% of residents aged 65 and over is well below the Australian average.
13.8% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
17.0% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Wallacedale, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 35%, followed by Children (0–14) (18%) and Young adults (25–44) (17%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
Couples in de facto relationships make up 15.4% of the population, which is well above the national figure. No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, a rate well below the Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.4% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Wallacedale splits fairly evenly between Married (45%) and Never married (41%), with Widowed at 5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Wallacedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22657/wallacedale/topic/demographics-identity