65 ▼ -59.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 162
- 2016: 94
- 2021: 65
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Dandry · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A high proportion of seniors shapes daily life in Dandry, where more than a third of the 65 people living here are aged 65 or over. This makes the area far older than the national average, with a typical resident aged 41.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Dandry — lower than 68% of areas.
| Dandry | 65 |
|---|---|
| 2357, NSW | 4,069 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
Dandry is a small community of 65 people, which is smaller than about 67% of similar areas. The typical person here is 41, making them noticeably older than the national figure of 38.
65 ▼ -59.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
41 yrs ▼ -8.9%
Younger than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors make up 33.8% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 17.2%. This is reflected in the age structure, where children under 15 make up only 13.8% of the area, which is well below the national figure.
33.8% ▲ +59.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.8% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Dandry, the largest group is Seniors (65+) at 41%, followed by Young adults (25–44) (20%) and Children (0–14) (17%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
Couples in de facto relationships make up 17.5% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 11.5%. There are no Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander residents, a result well below both the state and national averages.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
17.5% ▲ +54.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Dandry splits fairly evenly between Married (38%) and Never married (36%), with Divorced at 20%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Dandry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11199/dandry/topic/demographics-identity