2,866 ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2,587
- 2016: 2,719
- 2021: 2,866
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Carrathool · Council (LGA)
Demographics & Identity in Carrathool
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Much younger residents than most similar areas define Carrathool, where the typical age is just 37. The population has grown by 11% since 2011, while the area's identity is marked by a strong proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
2,866
▲ +10.8%
- 1–2: 3 areas
- 2–3: 0 areas
- 3–4: 0 areas
- 4–7: 0 areas
- 7–12: 2 areas
- 12–20: 1 area
- 20–33: 0 areas
- 33–55: 1 area
- 55–91: 0 areas
- 91–150: 5 areas
- 150–248: 3 areas
- 248–409: 13 areas
- 409–675: 22 areas
- 675–1,115: 38 areas
- 1,115–1,840: 37 areas
- 1,840–3,038: 30 areas
- 3,038–5,014: 40 areas
- 5,014–8,276: 49 areas
- 8,276–13,661: 54 areas
- 13,661–22,550: 57 areas
- 22,550–37,223: 43 areas
- 37,223–61,442: 49 areas
- 61,442–101,420: 39 areas
- 101,420–167,409: 37 areas
- 167,409–276,336: 31 areas
- 276,336–456,137: 8 areas
- 456,137–752,926: 2 areas
- 752,926–1,242,825: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Carrathool — lower than 74% of areas.
| Carrathool | 2,866 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2,829,637 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Carrathool has 2,866 residents, which is smaller than about 73% of similar areas. The typical person here is 37, making the area a little younger than both New South Wales and Australia.
37 yrs ▼ -7.5%
Younger than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 40 yrs
- 2016: 40 yrs
- 2021: 37 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 19.9% of the population, which is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, those aged 65 and over account for 15.5%, a figure that is a little below the national and state averages.
15.5% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
19.9% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Carrathool splits fairly evenly between Young adults (25–44) (28%) and Older adults (45–64) (26%), with Children (0–14) at 20%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 8.8% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 3.2%. De facto relationships are also much more common here than in most areas, at 16.8%.
8.8% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
16.8% ▲ +54.5%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Carrathool, the largest group is Married at 45%, followed by Never married (38%) and Divorced (7%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Carrathool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11600/carrathool/topic/demographics-identity