125 —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 117
- 2021: 125
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Yowrie · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Yowrie is 53 years old, making the area far older than the national figure. This sparsely populated place has a small community of 125 people where older adults make up the largest age group.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Yowrie — lower than 55% of areas.
| Yowrie | 125 |
|---|---|
| 2550, NSW | 16,936 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 53, which is far older than the New South Wales figure of 39. Only 125 people live here, a population smaller than about 54% of similar areas.
125 —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
53 yrs —
Older than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up only 11.2% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 18.2%. This helps explain the older age profile, with 35.2% of residents being adults aged 45 to 64.
19.2% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
11.2% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Yowrie, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 41%, followed by Seniors (65+) (22%) and Young adults (25–44) (17%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are very common here, at 24.8%, which is far above the 11.5% national figure. Around 2.4% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.4% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
24.8% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Yowrie, the largest group is Married at 48%, followed by Never married (31%) and Divorced (14%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Yowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14538/yowrie/topic/demographics-identity