Australian Demographic Profile
Ararat, VIC 3377
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~8,419
Median age
47
Median income
Mid
$650-$799/wk
Top profile
Young
32%
Profile composition (top three)
- Young singles and non-workers32%
- Retired and semi-retired31%
- Established partnered households15%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~8,419
- Sex split
- F 47% / M 53%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 16%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)15%
- Young adults (15-24)10%
- Early career (25-39)20%
- Mid career (40-59)25%
- Senior (60+)31%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Ararat: Mid ($650-$799/wk).
- No / not stated34%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)23%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)33%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)9.3%
- Very high ($3k+)0.90%
Top occupations
- Labourers19%
- Community and Personal Service Workers18%
- Professionals13%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to VIC and Australia
| Ararat | VIC avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 16% | 21% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →