192 ▼ -51.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 396
- 2016: 138
- 2021: 192
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Blighty · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Blighty
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Younger families are the defining feature of Blighty, where the typical resident is just 36. This makes the area noticeably younger than the state and national figures, with children under 15 making up a huge part of the population.
192
▼ -51.5%
- 1–1: 689 areas
- 1–2: 0 areas
- 2–3: 119 areas
- 3–5: 108 areas
- 5–7: 243 areas
- 7–11: 241 areas
- 11–16: 514 areas
- 16–24: 579 areas
- 24–36: 898 areas
- 36–53: 1059 areas
- 53–79: 1168 areas
- 79–117: 1203 areas
- 117–174: 1171 areas
- 174–258: 1010 areas
- 258–384: 856 areas
- 384–571: 670 areas
- 571–850: 616 areas
- 850–1,263: 567 areas
- 1,263–1,879: 520 areas
- 1,879–2,794: 590 areas
- 2,794–4,154: 679 areas
- 4,154–6,177: 585 areas
- 6,177–9,186: 528 areas
- 9,186–13,659: 405 areas
- 13,659–20,311: 195 areas
- 20,311–30,202: 96 areas
- 30,202–44,910: 33 areas
- 44,910–66,781: 10 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Blighty — higher than 52% of areas.
| Blighty | 192 |
|---|---|
| 2713, NSW | 2,746 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is 192 people, which is larger than about 54% of similar areas.
36 yrs → 0.0%
Younger than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36 yrs
- 2016: 34 yrs
- 2021: 36 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 26.6% of the population, a figure well above the national average of 18.2%. Meanwhile, seniors aged 65 and over are much less common here at 14.1% compared to the 17.2% seen across Australia.
14.1% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
26.6% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Blighty splits fairly evenly between Young adults (25–44) (29%) and Children (0–14) (28%), with Older adults (45–64) at 21%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 18.6%. There is no Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander population, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 3.4%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
18.6% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Blighty, Married is the majority at 55%; Never married is next at 32%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Blighty
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Blighty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10411/blighty/topic/demographics-identity