223 ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 236
- 2016: 248
- 2021: 223
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Amphitheatre · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Amphitheatre
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Amphitheatre is 56, making the area far older than the national figure. This sparsely populated place has a small community of 223 people, where seniors make up a very large proportion of the population.
223
▼ -5.5%
- 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 Amphitheatre — higher than 56% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical age of residents is 56 years, which is much higher than most similar areas and 18 years older than the national figure. There are 223 people living here.
56 yrs ▲ +30.2%
Older than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43 yrs
- 2016: 52 yrs
- 2021: 56 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 35.9% of the population, a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here, at just 9.9%.
35.9% ▲ +69.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
9.9% ▼ -41.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Amphitheatre splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (34%) and Older adults (45–64) (31%), with Young adults (25–44) at 17%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
No residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well below the national figure. About 46.8% of people are married, while 13% are in de facto relationships.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
13.0% ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Amphitheatre, the largest group is Married at 47%, followed by Never married (28%) and Divorced (13%).
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 Amphitheatre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20041/amphitheatre/topic/demographics-identity