610 ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 789
- 2016: 635
- 2021: 610
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Wycheproof · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Wycheproof
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A far older population than the national average marks Wycheproof, where the typical resident is now 56. This shift is seen in the high proportion of seniors and a small number of children. The town has 610 residents in total.
610
▼ -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 Wycheproof — higher than 67% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living here is 56, which is far older than the national figure of 38. This age is also much higher than in most similar areas.
56 yrs ▲ +12.0%
Older than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50 yrs
- 2016: 55 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 33.3% of the population, a figure far above the 17.2% seen across Australia. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the national average at 13.6%.
33.3% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.6% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Wycheproof splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (34%) and Older adults (45–64) (31%), with Young adults (25–44) at 14%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Almost no one here identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.2%. Nearly half of the residents are married, while 10.2% are in de facto relationships.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
10.2% ▲ +84.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Wycheproof, the largest group is Married at 45%, followed by Never married (28%) and Widowed (12%).
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 Wycheproof [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22877/wycheproof/topic/demographics-identity