3,977 ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3,919
- 2016: 4,190
- 2021: 3,977
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Darling Point · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Darling Point
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
An older population shapes daily life in Darling Point, where the typical resident is 49. This is far older than the national figure, and the area is larger than about 87% of similar places with 3,977 people.
3,977
▲ +1.5%
- 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 Darling Point — higher than 86% of areas.
| Darling Point | 3,977 |
|---|---|
| 2027, NSW | 7,810 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 49 years old, which is far older than the New South Wales figure of 39.
49 yrs ▲ +4.3%
Older than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47 yrs
- 2016: 48 yrs
- 2021: 49 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors make up 30.6% of the population, far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here at 10.8%, well below the 18.2% seen across Australia.
30.6% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
10.8% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Darling Point splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (31%) and Young adults (25–44) (27%), with Older adults (45–64) at 24%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common than in most areas, at 16.4%, which is well above the national figure of 11.5%. Only 0.3% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, well below the state average.
0.3% ▲ +31.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
16.4% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Darling Point splits fairly evenly between Married (42%) and Never married (38%), with Divorced at 12%.
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 Darling Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11212/darling-point/topic/demographics-identity