123 ▼ -67.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 380
- 2016: 142
- 2021: 123
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Yuroke · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Yuroke
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far older residents than most similar areas define Yuroke, where the typical person is 56. This small community of 123 people is largely made up of older adults and seniors, with very few children living here.
123
▼ -67.6%
- 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 Yuroke — lower than 55% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 56, which is far older than the national figure of 38. Yuroke is smaller than about 54% of areas at this level.
56 yrs ▲ +47.4%
Older than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38 yrs
- 2016: 53 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 population is aged 65 and over, which is far above the Victorian figure of 16.8%. This helps explain why children under 15 make up only 4.1% of the area, one of the lowest rates for any similar place.
33.3% ▲ +129.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
4.1% ▼ -80.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Yuroke, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 42%, followed by Seniors (65+) (34%) and Youth (15–24) (15%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
People in de facto relationships make up 15.9% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 11.5%. Additionally, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is 4.1%, well above the Victorian average.
4.1% ▲ —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.9% ▲ +103.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Yuroke, the largest group is Married at 41%, followed by Never married (36%) and Divorced (9%).
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 Yuroke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22941/yuroke/topic/demographics-identity