128 ▼ -70.8%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 438
- 2016: 396
- 2021: 128
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Mount Hotham · Urban Centre
Demographics & Identity in Mount Hotham
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A gap of eight years separates the typical resident in Mount Hotham from those across Victoria and Australia, who are much older. This sparsely populated area has become far younger over the last decade, with the usual age dropping from 50 in 2011 to just 30 today.
128
▼ -70.8%
- 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 Mount Hotham — lower than 93% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population is very small and has shrank by 71% since 2011, falling from 438 to 128 people. This shift explains why the area is now among the youngest at its level.
30 yrs ▼ -40.0%
Younger than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50 yrs
- 2016: 40 yrs
- 2021: 30 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Young adults aged 25 to 44 make up nearly 40% of the population. In contrast, seniors aged 65 and over are far below the national figure at only 4.7%, a drop of 20 percentage points since 2011.
4.7% ▼ -80.8%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
9.4% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Mount Hotham, the largest group is Young adults (25–44) at 39%, followed by Youth (15–24) (26%) and Older adults (45–64) (21%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most residents have never been married, accounting for 75.6% of the population. People in de facto relationships make up 12.3%, which is a little above the Victorian figure.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
12.3% ▲ +55.3%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Mount Hotham, Never married is the majority at 75%; Married is next at 19%.
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 Mount Hotham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222058/mount-hotham/topic/demographics-identity