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Bolton, VIC

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·

83/100
Suburb Score

Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs

Bolton is more socio-economically advantaged than about 83% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1050, where about 1000 is the national average).

A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.

Bolton at a glance

Population (2021)
15
Median age
25
Median weekly household income
$1,374
SEIFA score
1050
Coordinates
-34.9616, 142.9375

Bolton demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Bolton using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is children (0–14) at 57% and 0% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age groupPeopleShare
Children (0–14)457%
Youth (15–24)00%
Young adults (25–44)343%
Mid-life (45–64)00%
Seniors (65+)00%

Share of the 7 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Dwelling typeDwellingsShare
Houses4100%
Townhouses & semis00%
Flats & apartments00%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 4 occupied private dwellings in Bolton.

Average household size
2.5 people
Median weekly family income
$1,749
Median weekly personal income
$850

Community and culture

Born overseas
0 (0%)
Speaks a language other than English at home
0 (0%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
0 (0%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12
5 (50%)
Labour-force participation
70%
Employed full-time
5
Employed part-time
0

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.

Common questions about Bolton

Where is Bolton?

Bolton is a suburb of Victoria, Australia.

What is the population of Bolton?

At the 2021 Census, Bolton had a population of about 15.

Is Bolton an advantaged area?

Bolton has an ABS SEIFA score of 1050, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 83 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 83% of Australian suburbs.

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