830 ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 931
- 2016: 526
- 2021: 830
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Timboon · Urban Centre
Demographics & Identity in Timboon
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Timboon is now 50, making the area far older than the national figure. This aging trend is a major shift for the town, as the population has grown significantly older since 2011 while the total number of people shrank by 11% to 830.
830
▼ -10.8%
- 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 Timboon — higher than 50% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical age here is 50, which is 12 years older than the state and national figures. This is a sharp increase from 2011, when the typical resident was only 35.
50 yrs ▲ +42.9%
Older than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35 yrs
- 2016: 36 yrs
- 2021: 50 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors make up 29.2% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 17.2%. This rise in older residents happened as the proportion of children under 15 fell by 9.5 points since 2011.
29.2% ▲ +188.8%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
16.7% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Timboon splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (29%) and Older adults (45–64) (26%), with Young adults (25–44) at 17%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are more common here than in most areas, at 14.7%. Meanwhile, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.7% ▲ +45.9%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Timboon, the largest group is Married at 45%, followed by Never married (35%) and Divorced (8%).
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 Timboon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221071/timboon/topic/demographics-identity