105,348 ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 143,921
- 2016: 157,104
- 2021: 105,348
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Ballarat · Urban Centre
Demographics & Identity in Ballarat
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Married couples make up the largest group in Ballarat, where 41.0% of residents fall into this category. The area has a population of 105,348 people and a typical resident age of 38, which is about the same as the national figure.
105,348
▼ -26.8%
- 1–2: 3 areas
- 2–3: 0 areas
- 3–5: 0 areas
- 5–9: 0 areas
- 9–16: 2 areas
- 16–27: 1 area
- 27–47: 2 areas
- 47–81: 2 areas
- 81–139: 14 areas
- 139–241: 145 areas
- 241–418: 340 areas
- 418–723: 351 areas
- 723–1,252: 304 areas
- 1,252–2,168: 191 areas
- 2,168–3,752: 181 areas
- 3,752–6,495: 107 areas
- 6,495–11,242: 69 areas
- 11,242–19,459: 44 areas
- 19,459–33,683: 31 areas
- 33,683–58,304: 17 areas
- 58,304–100,921: 8 areas
- 100,921–174,689: 8 areas
- 174,689–302,378: 4 areas
- 302,378–523,401: 5 areas
- 523,401–905,982: 2 areas
- 905,982–1,568,210: 1 area
- 1,568,210–2,714,494: 2 areas
- 2,714,494–4,698,656: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Ballarat — higher than 86% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Ballarat is among the largest areas of its kind, though the total population shrank by 27% since 2011, losing about 38,573 people.
38 yrs → 0.0%
Younger than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38 yrs
- 2016: 38 yrs
- 2021: 38 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 18.5% of the population, while the proportion of people aged 65 and over rose 2.5 percentage points since 2011 to 19.1%, which is a little above the national figure.
19.1% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
18.5% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Ballarat splits fairly evenly between Young adults (25–44) (26%) and Older adults (45–64) (23%), with Seniors (65+) at 19%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
The proportion of people in de facto relationships rose 4.1 percentage points since 2011 to 13.0%, while the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population rose 1.0 percentage point to 1.9%.
1.9% ▲ +110.7%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
13.0% ▲ +45.5%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Ballarat splits fairly evenly between Married (41%) and Never married (39%), with Divorced at 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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL203001/ballarat/topic/demographics-identity