56 ▼ -81.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 308
- 2016: 87
- 2021: 56
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Wittitrin · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Wittitrin
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
About 23.5% of people in Wittitrin are in de facto relationships, which is far above the national figure. This sparsely populated area has a small community of just 56 people. Residents here are generally older than those across the rest of Australia.
56
▼ -81.8%
- 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 Wittitrin — lower than 70% of areas.
| Wittitrin | 56 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 23,166 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 44 years old, making the population noticeably older than in New South Wales and Australia.
44 yrs ▼ -8.3%
Younger than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48 yrs
- 2016: 48 yrs
- 2021: 44 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up only 12.5% of the population, which is well below the national figure. Seniors aged 65 and over are also far less common here than in the rest of the state, at just 5.4%.
5.4% ▼ -55.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
12.5% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Wittitrin splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (33%) and Young adults (25–44) (31%), with Children (0–14) at 17%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
No one in Wittitrin identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, a figure well below the national average. Nearly a third of residents are married, while 26.8% are divorced.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
23.5% ▲ +41.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Wittitrin, the largest group is Married at 39%, followed by Divorced (33%) and Never married (27%).
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 Wittitrin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14363/wittitrin/topic/demographics-identity