89 —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 100
- 2021: 89
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Kokotungo · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far older than most similar areas, Kokotungo is a sparsely populated place where the typical resident is 56. This age gap is most obvious in the high number of seniors and a very small population of just 89 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kokotungo — lower than 62% of areas.
| Kokotungo | 89 |
|---|---|
| 4702, QLD | 29,819 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 56 years old, which is far older than the national figure of 38. The total population is 89, making it smaller than about 61% of similar areas.
89 —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
56 yrs —
Older than 87% 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 31.5% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are less common here, at 15.7%, compared to 18.2% across Australia.
31.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.7% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Kokotungo splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (36%) and Seniors (65+) (33%), with Children (0–14) at 16%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 4.5% of the population, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, those in de facto relationships are much less common than in most areas, at just 6.7%.
4.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
6.7% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Kokotungo, Married is the majority at 59%; Never married is next at 18%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Kokotungo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31565/kokotungo/topic/demographics-identity