44 ▼ -83.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 273
- 2016: 48
- 2021: 44
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Breakfast Creek · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older adults aged 45 to 64 make up half of the population in Breakfast Creek. This is a very small, sparsely populated area where the typical resident is 55, making it far older than both the state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Breakfast Creek — lower than 75% of areas.
| Breakfast Creek | 44 |
|---|---|
| 2849, NSW | 1,610 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is just 44 people, which is smaller than about 74% of similar areas.
44 ▼ -83.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
55 yrs ▲ +12.2%
Older than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
There are no children under 15 here, while seniors aged 65 and over make up 34.1% of the population. This is far above the national figure of 17.2%.
34.1% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Breakfast Creek, Older adults (45–64) is the majority at 51%; Seniors (65+) is next at 35%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most residents are married at 64.1%, and those in de facto relationships are a little above the national figure. No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
12.8% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Breakfast Creek, Married is the majority at 60%; Divorced is next at 17%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Breakfast Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10553/breakfast-creek/topic/demographics-identity