392 ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 499
- 2016: 352
- 2021: 392
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Bredbo · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Bredbo
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A noticeably older typical resident of 43 years marks Bredbo as older than the same-aged people in New South Wales and Australia. Despite this, the area has a strong presence of children and a higher proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents than most similar places.
392
▼ -21.4%
- 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 Bredbo — higher than 62% of areas.
| Bredbo | 392 |
|---|---|
| 2626, NSW | 515 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Bredbo has 392 residents, making it larger than about 64% of areas at this level.
43 yrs ▲ +4.9%
Younger than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41 yrs
- 2016: 43 yrs
- 2021: 43 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 21.9% of the population, which is well above the 18.2% figure for the state and nation. This helps explain why the area has far fewer seniors than most other places, with those aged 65 and over at 12.8%.
12.8% ▲ +35.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
21.9% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Bredbo, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 37%, followed by Children (0–14) (22%) and Young adults (25–44) (19%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 5.9% of people here are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, a little above the national figure of 3.2%. Additionally, people in de facto relationships make up 18.5% of the population, which is well above the 11.5% seen across Australia.
5.9% ▲ +632.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
18.5% ▲ +113.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Bredbo, Married is the majority at 52%; Never married is next at 32%.
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 Bredbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10556/bredbo/topic/demographics-identity