374 ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 302
- 2016: 360
- 2021: 374
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Keppel Sands · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Keppel Sands
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Keppel Sands is now 58, making the area far older than the national figure. With 374 people living here, it is a small community where seniors and older adults make up the vast majority of the population.
374
▲ +23.8%
- 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 Keppel Sands — higher than 61% of areas.
| Keppel Sands | 374 |
|---|---|
| 4702, QLD | 29,819 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The usual age of a resident is 58, which is among the highest for similar areas and 20 years older than the Queensland and Australian typicals.
58 yrs → 0.0%
Older than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58 yrs
- 2016: 55 yrs
- 2021: 58 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 37.2% of the population, a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why children under 15 make up only 9.6% of the area, which is well below most other places.
37.2% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
9.6% ▲ +20.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Keppel Sands splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (37%) and Older adults (45–64) (33%), with Young adults (25–44) at 13%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Indigenous identity is more common here than in most areas, with 7.5% of people identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. This is well above the national figure of 3.2%.
7.5% ▲ +151.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
11.7% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Keppel Sands, the largest group is Married at 47%, followed by Never married (27%) and Divorced (14%).
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 Keppel Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31514/keppel-sands/topic/demographics-identity