1,923 ▲ +55.6%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1,236
- 2016: 1,026
- 2021: 1,923
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Longwarry · Urban Centre
Demographics & Identity in Longwarry
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Much younger residents than most similar areas make up the population of Longwarry. The typical person here is just 33 years old, a sharp drop from the typical age of 54 recorded in 2011. This shift is reflected in a population that has grown 56% since 2011 to reach 1,923 people.
1,923
▲ +55.6%
- 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 Longwarry — higher than 72% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 33, making Longwarry noticeably younger than both Victoria and Australia, where the usual age is 38.
33 yrs ▼ -38.9%
Younger than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 54 yrs
- 2016: 54 yrs
- 2021: 33 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 25% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 18.2%. This helps explain the area's youth, while the proportion of seniors has fallen sharply since 2011 to just 14%.
14.0% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
25.0% ▲ +114.9%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Longwarry, the largest group is Young adults (25–44) at 31%, followed by Children (0–14) (25%) and Older adults (45–64) (20%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most similar areas, at 18.3%. Meanwhile, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is 1.8%, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
1.8% ▲ +649.9%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
18.3% ▲ +66.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Longwarry splits fairly evenly between Never married (40%) and Married (39%), with Divorced at 12%.
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 Longwarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215048/longwarry/topic/demographics-identity