395 ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 340
- 2016: 633
- 2021: 395
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Kapooka · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Kapooka
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Kapooka is just 23, making it one of the youngest areas of its kind. This community is mostly made up of young people and adults under 45, with very few seniors living here. The population totals 395 people.
395
▲ +16.2%
- 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 Kapooka — higher than 62% of areas.
| Kapooka | 395 |
|---|---|
| 2661, NSW | 395 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living here is 23, which is far younger than the national figure of 38. This makes Kapooka one of the youngest places at this level.
23 yrs ▼ -4.2%
Younger than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24 yrs
- 2016: 22 yrs
- 2021: 23 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 20.3% of the population, which is a little above the national average. Conversely, seniors aged 65 and over are almost nonexistent at 0.8%, a figure far below the 17.2% seen across Australia.
0.8% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
20.3% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Kapooka splits fairly evenly between Young adults (25–44) (39%) and Youth (15–24) (37%), with Children (0–14) at 20%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Indigenous residents make up 8.9% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 3.2%. This is a place where many people are not married, with 30.8% in de facto relationships, a rate far above the New South Wales average of 10.6%.
8.9% ▲ +132.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
30.8% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Kapooka, Never married is the majority at 69%; Married is next at 25%.
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 Kapooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12076/kapooka/topic/demographics-identity