5,011 ▼ -37.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8,057
- 2016: 8,888
- 2021: 5,011
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Diggers Rest · Urban Centre
Demographics & Identity in Diggers Rest
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Almost 43% of people in Diggers Rest are young adults aged 25 to 44, making it a notably youthful area. The typical resident is just 32, which is six years younger than the national figure. This creates a community with a high proportion of children and very few seniors.
5,011
▼ -37.8%
- 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 Diggers Rest — higher than 86% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population of Diggers Rest stands at 5,011 people, though this shrank by 38% since 2011. Despite this drop, the area remains larger than about 87% of similar places.
32 yrs ▼ -13.5%
Younger than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37 yrs
- 2016: 46 yrs
- 2021: 32 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 21.6% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 18.2%. Meanwhile, seniors aged 65 and over are much less common here than in most areas, at only 7.8%.
7.8% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
21.6% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Diggers Rest, the largest group is Young adults (25–44) at 42%, followed by Children (0–14) (22%) and Older adults (45–64) (19%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, accounting for 19.4% of residents. About 1.4% of the population identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
1.4% ▲ +217.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
19.4% ▲ +130.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Diggers Rest splits fairly evenly between Married (46%) and Never married (41%), with Divorced at 9%.
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 Diggers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214007/diggers-rest/topic/demographics-identity