114,487 ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 106,519
- 2016: 110,515
- 2021: 114,487
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Barossa - Yorke - Mid North · Region (SA4)
Demographics & Identity in Barossa - Yorke - Mid North
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Barossa - Yorke - Mid North is 48, making this one of the oldest populations in the region. This older age profile is most evident in the high proportion of seniors and a shrinking number of children, though the total population grew by 7.5% to 114,487 since 2011.
114,487
▲ +7.5%
- 1–2: 3 areas
- 2–3: 0 areas
- 3–4: 0 areas
- 4–7: 0 areas
- 7–11: 1 area
- 11–19: 1 area
- 19–30: 1 area
- 30–50: 1 area
- 50–81: 0 areas
- 81–132: 1 area
- 132–214: 1 area
- 214–349: 0 areas
- 349–569: 1 area
- 569–927: 1 area
- 927–1,511: 1 area
- 1,511–2,461: 0 areas
- 2,461–4,010: 2 areas
- 4,010–6,532: 1 area
- 6,532–10,641: 2 areas
- 10,641–17,336: 2 areas
- 17,336–28,242: 0 areas
- 28,242–46,009: 1 area
- 46,009–74,953: 0 areas
- 74,953–122,107: 9 areas
- 122,107–198,924: 21 areas
- 198,924–324,066: 28 areas
- 324,066–527,936: 21 areas
- 527,936–860,060: 8 areas
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Barossa - Yorke - Mid North — lower than 73% of areas.
| Barossa - Yorke - Mid North | 114,487 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 390,843 |
| South Australia | 1,781,516 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The area's population grew by 7,968 people since 2011. Residents are far older than the national figure, with the typical age rising 4 years to 48 since the last census.
48 yrs ▲ +9.1%
Older than 94% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 44 yrs
- 2016: 47 yrs
- 2021: 48 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 26% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 17.2%. This shift is reflected in the trend since 2011, where the senior share rose 6.1 points while the proportion of children fell 2.1 points.
26.0% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 96% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
16.6% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 72% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Barossa - Yorke - Mid North splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (28%) and Seniors (65+) (26%), with Young adults (25–44) at 20%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 2.8% of people identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Nearly half of the population are married, and the share of people in de facto relationships rose slightly to 11.7% since 2011.
2.8% ▲ +50.5%
Lower than 54% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
11.7% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 64% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Barossa - Yorke - Mid North, the largest group is Married at 50%, followed by Never married (30%) and Divorced (10%).
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 Barossa - Yorke - Mid North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/405/barossa-yorke-mid-north/topic/demographics-identity