Australian Demographic Profile
Essendon, VIC 3040
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~21,216
Median age
37
Median income
Mid-high
$1,000-$1,249/wk
Top profile
High-earning
30%
Profile composition (top three)
- High-earning professionals30%
- Established partnered households20%
- Young singles and non-workers15%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~21,216
- Sex split
- F 52% / M 49%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 44%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)15%
- Young adults (15-24)13%
- Early career (25-39)23%
- Mid career (40-59)27%
- Senior (60+)22%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Essendon: Mid-high ($1,000-$1,249/wk).
- No / not stated26%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)15%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)30%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)20%
- Very high ($3k+)8.4%
Top occupations
- Professionals34%
- Managers17%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers15%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to VIC and Australia
| Essendon | VIC avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 44% | 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 →