786 ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 606
- 2016: 726
- 2021: 786
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Lancelin · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Lancelin
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far more older residents live in Lancelin than in most similar areas, with the typical person aged 52. This creates a distinct demographic where nearly 30% of the population are seniors, making it far older than both the state and national averages.
786
▲ +29.7%
- 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 Lancelin — higher than 72% of areas.
| Lancelin | 786 |
|---|---|
| 6044, WA | 1,300 |
| Western Australia | 2,660,026 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population is 786 people, which is larger than about 72% of similar areas. The typical resident is 52, making the area far older than the national figure of 38.
52 yrs ▲ +4.0%
Older than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50 yrs
- 2016: 50 yrs
- 2021: 52 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
There are far more seniors here than usual, with 29.1% aged 65 and over, compared to 17.2% across Australia. This helps explain why children under 15 make up only 10.8% of the population, a figure well below the national average.
29.1% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
10.8% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Lancelin splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (29%) and Seniors (65+) (29%), with Young adults (25–44) at 25%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are more common here than in most areas, at 14.6%. Meanwhile, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is 2.0%, which is a little below the national figure of 3.2%.
2.0% ▲ +311.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.6% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Lancelin, the largest group is Married at 44%, followed by Never married (33%) and Divorced (13%).
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 Lancelin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50830/lancelin/topic/demographics-identity