277 → 0.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 277
- 2016: 284
- 2021: 277
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Possum Creek · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Possum Creek
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Possum Creek is larger than about 60% of similar areas, with 277 residents. The community is noticeably older than the national average, as the typical resident is 45 years old.
277
→ 0.0%
- 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 Possum Creek — higher than 58% of areas.
| Possum Creek | 277 |
|---|---|
| 2479, NSW | 5,780 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
With 277 people, Possum Creek is larger than about 60% of areas at this level. The typical resident is 45, which is noticeably older than the typical person in New South Wales and across Australia.
45 yrs ▲ +7.1%
Older than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42 yrs
- 2016: 45 yrs
- 2021: 45 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 19.9% of the population, a figure a little above the state and national averages. In contrast, children under 15 are a little below the national average at 15.5%.
19.9% ▲ +175.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.5% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Possum Creek splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (31%) and Young adults (25–44) (28%), with Seniors (65+) at 20%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are more common here than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure at 15.3%. About 2.5% of residents identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the state average.
2.5% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.3% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Possum Creek splits fairly evenly between Married (44%) and Never married (43%), with Divorced at 5%.
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 Possum Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13264/possum-creek/topic/demographics-identity