57 —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45
- 2021: 57
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Upper Tooloom · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Upper Tooloom is 47, making the area far older than both the state and national figures. This sparsely populated place has a strong lean towards older adults and seniors, with very few children living here.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Tooloom — lower than 70% of areas.
| Upper Tooloom | 57 |
|---|---|
| 2475, NSW | 399 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is 57 people, which is smaller than about 69% of similar areas. Residents are far older than those in the rest of Australia, with a typical age 9 years higher than the national figure.
57 —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
47 yrs —
Older than 57% 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 26.3% of the population, which is well above the national figure. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here, at just 8.8%.
26.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
8.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Upper Tooloom, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 36%, followed by Seniors (65+) (26%) and Young adults (25–44) (16%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are very common at 22%, a figure far above the state average. Meanwhile, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is 0.0%, which is well below the New South Wales figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
22.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Upper Tooloom splits fairly evenly between Never married (43%) and Married (40%), with Divorced at 9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Upper Tooloom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14064/upper-tooloom/topic/demographics-identity