405 ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 330
- 2016: 328
- 2021: 405
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Taggerty · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Taggerty
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A much older population than most similar areas defines Taggerty, where the typical resident is 52. With 405 people living here, the area is far older than the national figure, with the typical age being 14 years higher than in Victoria and across Australia.
405
▲ +22.7%
- 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 Taggerty — higher than 62% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is 405, which is larger than about 65% of similar areas. The typical resident here is 52, making the area far older than the state and national typical age of 38.
52 yrs ▼ -1.9%
Older than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53 yrs
- 2016: 53 yrs
- 2021: 52 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 31.9% of the population, a figure far above the 17.2% national average. This older profile is consistent with the fact that children under 15 are well below the national figure at just 12.3%.
31.9% ▲ +51.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
12.3% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Taggerty splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (31%) and Older adults (45–64) (27%), with Young adults (25–44) at 20%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 49% of residents are married, while those in de facto relationships make up 13.5%, which is a little above the national figure. People of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent account for 0.7% of the population, slightly below the national average.
0.7% ▼ -65.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
13.5% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Taggerty, the largest group is Married at 48%, followed by Never married (32%) and Divorced (12%).
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 Taggerty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22419/taggerty/topic/demographics-identity