Australian Demographic Profile
Watsonia, VIC 3087
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~5,297
Median age
37
Median income
Mid-high
$1,000-$1,249/wk
Top profile
Retired
21%
Profile composition (top three)
- Retired and semi-retired21%
- Young singles and non-workers20%
- Established partnered households20%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~5,297
- Sex split
- F 51% / M 49%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 34%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)19%
- Young adults (15-24)9.6%
- Early career (25-39)23%
- Mid career (40-59)27%
- Senior (60+)22%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Watsonia: Mid-high ($1,000-$1,249/wk).
- No / not stated29%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)18%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)31%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)20%
- Very high ($3k+)2.8%
Top occupations
- Professionals28%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers16%
- Technicians and Trades Workers16%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to VIC and Australia
| Watsonia | VIC avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 34% | 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 →