139 ▲ +456.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25
- 2016: 118
- 2021: 139
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Wooyung · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Wooyung
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older adults aged 45 to 64 make up the largest group in Wooyung, where the typical resident is 49. This makes the area far older than both the state and national averages. It is a sparsely populated place with only 139 residents.
139
▲ +456.0%
- 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 Wooyung — lower than 54% of areas.
| Wooyung | 139 |
|---|---|
| 2483, NSW | 11,616 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living here is 49, which is far older than the national figure of 38. Only 139 people live in the area.
49 yrs ▲ +19.5%
Older than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41 yrs
- 2016: 54 yrs
- 2021: 49 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
A high proportion of seniors aged 65 and over (25.9%) live here, which is well above the national figure. This helps explain why children under 15 make up only 10.8% of the population, a figure well below the state average.
25.9% ▲ —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
10.8% ▼ -56.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Wooyung, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 31%, followed by Seniors (65+) (24%) and Young adults (25–44) (23%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 14% of residents are in a de facto relationship, which is well above the New South Wales average. No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well below the national figure.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Wooyung, the largest group is Never married at 41%, followed by Married (30%) and Divorced (17%).
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 Wooyung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14436/wooyung/topic/demographics-identity