83 ▼ -69.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 275
- 2016: 123
- 2021: 83
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Horse Creek · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Horse Creek
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Horse Creek is now 50 years old, making the area far older than the national figure. This sparsely populated place has a small community of 83 people, with a high proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents.
83
▼ -69.8%
- 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 Horse Creek — lower than 63% of areas.
| Horse Creek | 83 |
|---|---|
| 4714, QLD | 2,945 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is 83 people, which is smaller than about 62% of similar areas. Residents are far older than those in the rest of the state, with a typical age of 50.
50 yrs ▲ +28.2%
Older than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39 yrs
- 2016: 45 yrs
- 2021: 50 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up only 6.0% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 18.2%. Meanwhile, seniors aged 65 and over account for 18.1% of the area, which is about the same as the Australian average.
18.1% ▲ +70.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
6.0% ▼ -75.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Horse Creek, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 37%, followed by Seniors (65+) (25%) and Young adults (25–44) (23%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 15.7% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 3.2%. People in de facto relationships are much less common here, at 6.2%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 12.9%.
15.7% ▲ +48.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
6.2% ▼ -52.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Horse Creek splits fairly evenly between Never married (36%) and Married (32%), with Divorced at 18%.
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 Horse Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31361/horse-creek/topic/demographics-identity