5,962 ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4,507
- 2016: 5,226
- 2021: 5,962
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Woongarrah · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Woongarrah
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Six percentage points more children live in Woongarrah than the state or national average. This is a noticeably young area where the typical resident is 36, making it much younger than most similar places. It is a large community of nearly 6,000 people with a family-heavy feel.
5,962
▲ +32.3%
- 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 Woongarrah — higher than 86% of areas.
| Woongarrah | 5,962 |
|---|---|
| 2259, NSW | 66,236 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 36, which is noticeably younger than the New South Wales figure of 39. With 5,962 people, the population is larger than about 91% of similar areas.
36 yrs ▲ +5.9%
Younger than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34 yrs
- 2016: 35 yrs
- 2021: 36 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 24.6% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 18.2%. In contrast, seniors aged 65 and over are much less common here at 13.0%, well below the state average of 17.6%.
13.0% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
24.6% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Woongarrah splits fairly evenly between Children (0–14) (25%) and Young adults (25–44) (24%), with Older adults (45–64) at 24%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 6.0% of the population, which is a little above the national figure of 3.2%. Most residents are married (50.9%), while those in de facto relationships (10.2%) are slightly less common than in the rest of Australia.
6.0% ▲ +124.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
10.2% ▲ +27.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Woongarrah, Married is the majority at 51%; Never married is next at 34%.
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 Woongarrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14433/woongarrah/topic/demographics-identity