231 ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 281
- 2016: 224
- 2021: 231
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Cooyar · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Cooyar
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Cooyar is now 59 years old, making the area far older than the national figure. This older demographic is a defining feature of the town, where more than a third of the population are seniors.
231
▼ -17.8%
- 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 Cooyar — higher than 57% of areas.
| Cooyar | 231 |
|---|---|
| 4402, QLD | 297 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Cooyar has 231 residents, which is larger than about 57% of similar areas. The typical person here is 21 years older than the typical person in Queensland or across Australia.
59 yrs ▲ +15.7%
Older than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51 yrs
- 2016: 59 yrs
- 2021: 59 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 35.5% of the population, a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why children under 15 are so few here, at just 8.7%.
35.5% ▲ +69.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
8.7% ▼ -58.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Cooyar splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (35%) and Seniors (65+) (35%), with Young adults (25–44) at 13%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Indigenous residents make up 6.9% of the population, which is well above the national figure. De facto relationships are much less common here than in most areas, at only 4.3%.
6.9% ▲ +555.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
4.3% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Cooyar, the largest group is Married at 49%, followed by Never married (25%) and Divorced (17%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Cooyar
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Cooyar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30713/cooyar/topic/demographics-identity