457 ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 398
- 2016: 407
- 2021: 457
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Booral · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Booral
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Fewer seniors and more children than most similar areas define the population of Booral. The community has 457 residents, with a typical age of 41, making it noticeably older than the national figure of 38.
457
▲ +14.8%
- 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 Booral — higher than 63% of areas.
| Booral | 457 |
|---|---|
| 2425, NSW | 2,018 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Booral is larger than about 66% of similar areas, with a total population of 457 people.
41 yrs ▼ -4.7%
Younger than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43 yrs
- 2016: 44 yrs
- 2021: 41 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 21.0% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This helps explain why the typical resident is only 41, while the proportion of people aged 65 and over is a little below the national figure at 15.3%.
15.3% ▲ +38.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
21.0% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Booral, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 32%, followed by Children (0–14) (21%) and Young adults (25–44) (21%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 18.0%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 10.6%. About 4.2% of residents identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, a figure higher than most similar areas.
4.2% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
18.0% ▲ +46.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Booral, the largest group is Married at 48%, followed by Never married (35%) and Divorced (11%).
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 Booral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10494/booral/topic/demographics-identity