1,789 ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1,595
- 2016: 1,587
- 2021: 1,789
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Yea · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Yea
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A far older population than most of the country defines daily life in Yea, where the typical resident is 56. This reflects a community with a very high proportion of seniors, making it much older than the national figure of 38.
1,789
▲ +12.2%
- 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 Yea — higher than 77% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is 1,789, which is larger than about 79% of similar areas. This population is far older than the Victorian and national average.
56 yrs ▲ +16.7%
Older than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48 yrs
- 2016: 52 yrs
- 2021: 56 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
A third of the community is aged 65 and over, a figure far above the national rate. This helps explain why children under 15 make up only 13.4% of the area, which is well below the Victorian figure.
33.4% ▲ +32.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.4% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Yea splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (33%) and Older adults (45–64) (29%), with Young adults (25–44) at 16%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 2.3% of residents are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is a little above the state average. Nearly half of the population are married, while those in de facto relationships are slightly fewer than in most other areas.
2.3% ▲ +181.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
10.1% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Yea, the largest group is Married at 46%, followed by Never married (28%) and Divorced (12%).
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 Yea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22924/yea/topic/demographics-identity