128 ▼ -51.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 263
- 2016: 127
- 2021: 128
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Hickeys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Hickeys Creek
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Hickeys Creek is 58, making the area far older than the national figure. This sparsely populated place has a small population of 128 people, with a very high proportion of seniors and a strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander presence.
128
▼ -51.3%
- 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 Hickeys Creek — lower than 55% of areas.
| Hickeys Creek | 128 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 23,166 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 58 years old, which is far older than the typical person in New South Wales by 19 years. This age profile is among the highest for similar areas.
58 yrs ▲ +23.4%
Older than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47 yrs
- 2016: 55 yrs
- 2021: 58 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 39.1% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why the number of children under 15 is far below the state average at just 7.8%.
39.1% ▲ +139.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
7.8% ▼ -57.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Hickeys Creek, the largest group is Seniors (65+) at 39%, followed by Older adults (45–64) (34%) and Young adults (25–44) (15%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 7.0% of residents are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, which is well above the national figure of 3.2%. People in de facto relationships also make up 17.6% of the population, a rate much higher than most other areas.
7.0% ▼ -48.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
17.6% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Hickeys Creek splits fairly evenly between Never married (40%) and Married (39%), with Divorced at 14%.
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 Hickeys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11906/hickeys-creek/topic/demographics-identity