468 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 451
- 2016: 456
- 2021: 468
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Hawkesbury Heights · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Hawkesbury Heights
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A noticeably younger population marks the recent character of Hawkesbury Heights, where the typical resident is just 35. This is younger than the national figure, and the area is home to 468 people.
468
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Hawkesbury Heights — higher than 64% of areas.
| Hawkesbury Heights | 468 |
|---|---|
| 2777, NSW | 17,816 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 35, which is noticeably younger than the usual person in New South Wales and Australia.
35 yrs ▲ +6.1%
Younger than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33 yrs
- 2016: 36 yrs
- 2021: 35 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
With 22% of the population being children under 15, the area is well above the national figure. This helps explain the young profile, while seniors make up just 12.2%, which is well below the state and national figures.
12.2% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
22.0% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Hawkesbury Heights splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (27%) and Young adults (25–44) (23%), with Children (0–14) at 22%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Indigenous people make up 5.3% of the population, which is a little above the national average. About 48.9% of residents are married, and 12.2% are in a de facto relationship.
5.3% ▲ +101.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
12.2% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Hawkesbury Heights, the largest group is Married at 50%, followed by Never married (35%) and Divorced (10%).
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 Hawkesbury Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11879/hawkesbury-heights/topic/demographics-identity