661 ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 763
- 2016: 1,159
- 2021: 661
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Lake Tyers Beach · Urban Centre
Demographics & Identity in Lake Tyers Beach
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident of Lake Tyers Beach (L) is 52, making the area far older than the national figure. This older age profile is a defining feature of the local population, which has shrank by 13% since 2011.
661
▼ -13.4%
- 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 Lake Tyers Beach — lower than 57% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population is 661 people, which is smaller than about 56% of similar areas. Since 2011, the community has lost about 102 people.
52 yrs ▲ +8.3%
Older than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48 yrs
- 2016: 40 yrs
- 2021: 52 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 30.7% of the population, which is far above the 17.2% national figure. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here at 13.0%, well below the Australian average.
30.7% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.0% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Lake Tyers Beach splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (31%) and Seniors (65+) (31%), with Young adults (25–44) at 15%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 3.5% of people identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the national figure. Those in de facto relationships make up 14.0% of the area, a little above the 11.5% seen across Australia.
3.5% ▲ +782.7%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.0% ▲ +109.3%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Lake Tyers Beach, the largest group is Married at 48%, followed by Never married (30%) and Divorced (11%).
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 Lake Tyers Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221040/lake-tyers-beach/topic/demographics-identity