5,433 ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5,021
- 2016: 5,067
- 2021: 5,433
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Prospect Vale · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Prospect Vale
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far more people live in Prospect Vale than in 91% of similar areas, though the population is noticeably older than the state average. The typical resident is 48, which is far older than the national figure of 38. This creates a community where seniors and older adults make up over half the population.
5,433
▲ +8.2%
- 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 Prospect Vale — higher than 86% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
With 5,433 people, Prospect Vale is larger than the vast majority of areas at this level. The typical resident is 48, making the area noticeably older than the Tasmania average of 42.
48 yrs ▲ +14.3%
Older than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42 yrs
- 2016: 45 yrs
- 2021: 48 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 27.6% of the population, which is far above the national figure. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the Australian average at just 14.6%.
27.6% ▲ +37.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
14.6% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Prospect Vale splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (28%) and Older adults (45–64) (26%), with Young adults (25–44) at 22%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 3.0% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is higher than in most similar areas. People in de facto relationships make up 10.0% of the community, a figure well below the state average.
3.0% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
10.0% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Prospect Vale, the largest group is Married at 49%, followed by Never married (29%) and Divorced (10%).
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 Prospect Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60525/prospect-vale/topic/demographics-identity