85 ▼ -70.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 287
- 2016: 60
- 2021: 85
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Didcot · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A huge gap in family structure marks Didcot, where the share of children is far above the national figure. This sparsely populated area is much younger than most similar places, with 35.3% of the population being children under 15.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Didcot — lower than 63% of areas.
| Didcot | 85 |
|---|---|
| 4621, QLD | 1,808 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The population is small, totaling 85 people. The typical resident is 38 years old, which is about the same as the typical person in Queensland and Australia.
85 ▼ -70.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
38 yrs ▼ -9.5%
Younger than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Children make up 35.3% of the population, a figure far above the 18.2% national average. This helps explain why seniors are so few here, at just 8.2%, which is well below the Australian average of 17.2%.
8.2% ▼ -60.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
35.3% ▲ +62.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Didcot, the largest group is Children (0–14) at 36%, followed by Young adults (25–44) (30%) and Older adults (45–64) (21%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are common here, with 27.5% of people in such a pairing, far above the 11.5% seen across Australia. No Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people live in the area, which is well below the national figure.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
27.5% ▲ +209.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Didcot, the largest group is Never married at 36%, followed by Married (28%) and Divorced (18%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Didcot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30842/didcot/topic/demographics-identity