250 ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 381
- 2016: 177
- 2021: 250
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Wattle Bank · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Wattle Bank
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Over a fifth of the 250 people living in Wattle Bank are children, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This makes the community feel younger in some ways, even though the typical resident is 41, which is noticeably older than the national figure. It is a small area where families and couples are common.
250
▼ -34.4%
- 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 Wattle Bank — higher than 58% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Wattle Bank has 250 residents, making it larger than about 58% of similar areas. The typical resident is 41, which is noticeably older than the typical person in Victoria or Australia.
41 yrs ▲ +5.1%
Younger than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39 yrs
- 2016: 44 yrs
- 2021: 41 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 21.2% of the population, which is well above the state figure of 18.0%. Meanwhile, seniors aged 65 and over account for 15.2%, which is a little below the national average.
15.2% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
21.2% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Wattle Bank splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (29%) and Young adults (25–44) (25%), with Children (0–14) at 21%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Couples in de facto relationships are more common here at 15.2%, a figure well above the national average of 11.5%. No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well below the Australian figure.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.2% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Wattle Bank, Married is the majority at 58%; 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Wattle Bank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22724/wattle-bank/topic/demographics-identity