Australian Demographic Profile
South Yarra, VIC 3141
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~24,997
Median age
32
Median income
High
$1,250-$1,499/wk
Top profile
High-earning
58%
Profile composition (top three)
- High-earning professionals58%
- Established partnered households14%
- Young singles and non-workers9.9%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~24,997
- Sex split
- F 53% / M 47%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 61%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)7.0%
- Young adults (15-24)12%
- Early career (25-39)45%
- Mid career (40-59)20%
- Senior (60+)16%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in South Yarra: High ($1,250-$1,499/wk).
- No / not stated20%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)11%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)30%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)28%
- Very high ($3k+)12%
Top occupations
- Professionals47%
- Managers18%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers11%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to VIC and Australia
| South Yarra | VIC avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 61% | 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 →