403 ▲ +41.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 285
- 2016: 467
- 2021: 403
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Taralga · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Taralga
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far older residents than most similar areas define Taralga, where the typical person is 53. This creates a community with a very high proportion of seniors and far fewer children than the state average.
403
▲ +41.4%
- 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 Taralga — higher than 62% of areas.
| Taralga | 403 |
|---|---|
| 2580, NSW | 31,629 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population totals 403 people, making it larger than about 65% of similar areas. The typical resident is 53, which is far older than the national figure of 38.
53 yrs ▲ +20.5%
Older than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44 yrs
- 2016: 46 yrs
- 2021: 53 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 28% of the population, far above the 17.2% national average. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the national figure at just 13.6%.
28.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.6% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Taralga splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (32%) and Seniors (65+) (29%), with Children (0–14) at 14%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 2.5% of residents are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. Nearly half the population are married, while 12.8% are in a de facto relationship.
2.5% ▼ -52.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
12.8% ▲ +71.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Taralga, the largest group is Married at 46%, followed by Never married (29%) and Divorced (12%).
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 Taralga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13774/taralga/topic/demographics-identity