4,060 ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4,162
- 2016: 4,136
- 2021: 4,060
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Goyder · Council (LGA)
Demographics & Identity in Goyder
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far older residents than most similar areas define Goyder, where the typical person is 51. This ageing trend is striking, as the local population has grown older by five years since 2011 while the overall number of people shrank by 2.5% to 4,060.
4,060
▼ -2.5%
- 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 Goyder — lower than 69% of areas.
| Goyder | 4,060 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 390,843 |
| South Australia | 1,781,516 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 51, which is far older than the South Australian figure of 41 and the national figure of 38.
51 yrs ▲ +10.9%
Older than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 46 yrs
- 2016: 48 yrs
- 2021: 51 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
A high proportion of seniors aged 65 and over (27.3%) makes this area well above the state average, while the share of children under 15 has fallen to 15.6%.
27.3% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Goyder splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (30%) and Seniors (65+) (27%), with Young adults (25–44) at 18%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 2.6% of people identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Nearly half the population is married, and those in de facto relationships rose to 12.0% since 2011.
2.6% ▲ +57.5%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
12.0% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Goyder, the largest group is Married at 48%, followed by Never married (31%) and Divorced (9%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Goyder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA42110/goyder/topic/demographics-identity