43 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20
- 2021: 43
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Lower Bottle Creek · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older adults aged 45 to 64 make up the biggest group in Lower Bottle Creek, where 37.2% of the population falls into this bracket. This sparsely populated area is far older than the national average, with a typical resident aged 57.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lower Bottle Creek — lower than 75% of areas.
| Lower Bottle Creek | 43 |
|---|---|
| 2469, NSW | 4,359 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
Only 43 people live here, which is smaller than about 74% of similar areas. The typical resident is 57, making the area far older than the national figure of 38.
43 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
57 yrs —
Older than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 32.6% of the population, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 17.6%. At the same time, children under 15 are a little more common here than in the rest of the state.
32.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
20.9% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Lower Bottle Creek splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (36%) and Seniors (65+) (32%), with Children (0–14) at 20%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 11.6% of residents are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, which is well above the national figure of 3.2%. People in de facto relationships are also far more common here than across Australia.
11.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
28.0% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Lower Bottle Creek, the largest group is Never married at 42%, followed by Married (36%) and Widowed (12%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Lower Bottle Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12412/lower-bottle-creek/topic/demographics-identity