43 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 66
- 2021: 43
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Coondoo · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Coondoo is now 58, making the area far older than the national figure. This sparsely populated place has a small community of just 43 people, where seniors and older adults make up over half the population.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Coondoo — lower than 75% of areas.
| Coondoo | 43 |
|---|---|
| 4570, QLD | 46,427 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The population is small, with only 43 people living here, which is smaller than about 74% of similar areas. Residents are far older than those in Queensland and Australia, with a typical age of 58.
43 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
58 yrs —
Older than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 27.9% of the population, far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here at 9.3%, well below the state average.
27.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
9.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Coondoo, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 38%, followed by Seniors (65+) (32%) and Young adults (25–44) (19%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are very common at 32.4%, which is far above the 11.5% seen across Australia. No one here identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
32.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Coondoo splits fairly evenly between Married (35%) and Never married (33%), with Widowed at 16%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Coondoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30696/coondoo/topic/demographics-identity