61 —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58
- 2021: 61
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Mount Bute · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Few demographic changes have shifted the face of Mount Bute since 2011, and it remains a very small community. The area is sparsely populated with just 61 residents, and the typical person living here is 40 years old.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Bute — lower than 69% of areas.
How many people, and the typical age.
With only 61 residents, Mount Bute is smaller than about 68% of similar areas. The typical resident is 40, which is a little older than the national figure of 38.
61 —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
40 yrs —
Younger than 71% 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 13.1% of the population, which is well below the 18.2% national average. People aged 65 and over account for 16.4%, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
16.4% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.1% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Mount Bute splits fairly evenly between Youth (15–24) (26%) and Seniors (65+) (23%), with Children (0–14) at 19%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
No residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well below the Australian average of 3.2%. There are no people in de facto relationships here, a figure far below the national average of 11.5%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Mount Bute, the largest group is Married at 50%, followed by Never married (33%) and Divorced (10%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Mount Bute [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21780/mount-bute/topic/demographics-identity