83 ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 101
- 2016: 94
- 2021: 83
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Dargan · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Dargan
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
More than half of the 83 people living in Dargan are older adults aged 45 to 64. This is a very elderly area where the typical resident is 62, which is far older than the national figure of 38.
83
▼ -17.8%
- 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 Dargan — lower than 63% of areas.
| Dargan | 83 |
|---|---|
| 2786, NSW | 1,178 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Dargan is a small community with a typical resident aged 62, making it far older than the New South Wales average of 39.
62 yrs ▲ +24.0%
Older than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50 yrs
- 2016: 59 yrs
- 2021: 62 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 41% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are so rare here, at just 4.8%.
41.0% ▲ +139.0%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
4.8% ▼ -57.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Dargan, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 47%, followed by Seniors (65+) (38%) and Youth (15–24) (7%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 3.4%. Those in de facto relationships make up 13.3% of the population, slightly above the national average.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
13.3% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Dargan, the largest group is Married at 44%, followed by Never married (33%) and Divorced (19%).
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 Dargan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11208/dargan/topic/demographics-identity