Lower Bottle Creek · Suburb / Locality

Demographics & Identity in Lower Bottle Creek

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.

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Where Lower Bottle Creek sits — Total population

43
  • 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 Lower Bottle Creek — lower than 75% of areas.

Total population compared with the state and national average
Lower Bottle Creek43
2469, NSW 4,359
New South Wales 8,072,163
Australia 25,422,788

Population

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.

  • 2016: 20
  • 2021: 43

The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.

57 yrs

Older than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 58 yrs
  • 2021: 57 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 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.

  • 2016: 40.0%
  • 2021: 32.6%

Share of the population aged 65 years and over.

20.9%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 20.9%

Share of the population aged under 15 years.

Age structure

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Lower Bottle Creek splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (36%) and Seniors (65+) (32%), with Children (0–14) at 20%.

Identity & relationships

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.

Marital status

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In Lower Bottle Creek, the largest group is Never married at 42%, followed by Married (36%) and Widowed (12%).

Age & sex structure

  • 85+: 85+: 0 males; 85+: 0 females
  • 80–84: 80–84: 0 males; 80–84: 0 females
  • 75–79: 75–79: 0 males; 75–79: 0 females
  • 70–74: 70–74: 8 males; 70–74: 0 females
  • 65–69: 65–69: 0 males; 65–69: 4 females
  • 60–64: 60–64: 4 males; 60–64: 5 females
  • 55–59: 55–59: 3 males; 55–59: 0 females
  • 50–54: 50–54: 0 males; 50–54: 4 females
  • 45–49: 45–49: 0 males; 45–49: 0 females
  • 40–44: 40–44: 0 males; 40–44: 0 females
  • 35–39: 35–39: 0 males; 35–39: 0 females
  • 30–34: 30–34: 0 males; 30–34: 0 females
  • 25–29: 25–29: 0 males; 25–29: 0 females
  • 20–24: 20–24: 0 males; 20–24: 0 females
  • 15–19: 15–19: 0 males; 15–19: 5 females
  • 10–14: 10–14: 0 males; 10–14: 8 females
  • 5–9: 5–9: 0 males; 5–9: 0 females
  • 0–4: 0–4: 0 males; 0–4: 0 females

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 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