1,287 ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1,068
- 2016: 1,253
- 2021: 1,287
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Babinda · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Babinda
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far more seniors live in Babinda than in most similar areas, with a typical resident aged 48. This makes the community much older than the state and national figures, which both sit at 38 years.
1,287
▲ +20.5%
- 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 Babinda — higher than 74% of areas.
| Babinda | 1,287 |
|---|---|
| 4861, QLD | 1,541 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population totals 1,287 people, which is larger than about 76% of similar areas.
48 yrs ▲ +11.6%
Older than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43 yrs
- 2016: 47 yrs
- 2021: 48 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Older residents make up a huge part of the community, with those aged 65 and over reaching 26.3%, well above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why the overall population is so much older than the state average.
26.3% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
16.5% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Babinda splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (27%) and Seniors (65+) (26%), with Young adults (25–44) at 21%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Indigenous identity is very strong here, with 13.9% of people identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, which is far above the Australian average of 3.2%. Marriage is the most common status at 41.3%, while those in de facto relationships sit at 13.0%, about the same as the Queensland figure.
13.9% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
13.0% ▲ +32.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Babinda, the largest group is Married at 42%, followed by Never married (36%) 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Babinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30111/babinda/topic/demographics-identity