124 ▼ -72.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 454
- 2016: 114
- 2021: 124
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Watchem · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Watchem
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Much older residents than most similar areas live in Watchem, where the typical person is 56. This creates a demographic landscape where over a third of the population are seniors, making it far older than the state and national figures.
124
▼ -72.7%
- 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 Watchem — lower than 55% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is 124 people. The typical resident is 56 years old, which is far older than the national figure of 38.
56 yrs ▲ +36.6%
Older than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41 yrs
- 2016: 54 yrs
- 2021: 56 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
A high number of seniors aged 65 and over make up 36.3% of the population, while children under 15 are far below the national figure at just 8.1%. This explains why the area is among the oldest at this level.
36.3% ▲ +101.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
8.1% ▼ -67.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Watchem splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (39%) and Seniors (65+) (37%), with Youth (15–24) at 11%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
No one in the community identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is lower than most areas. People in de facto relationships make up only 5.6%, a figure well below the national average.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
5.6% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Watchem, the largest group is Married at 48%, followed by Never married (25%) and Divorced (14%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Watchem
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Watchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22714/watchem/topic/demographics-identity