301 ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 352
- 2016: 294
- 2021: 301
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Kumbia · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Kumbia is 48, making the area far older than both the state and national figures. This age gap is driven by a very high proportion of seniors and a shortage of children. The population totals 301 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kumbia — higher than 59% of areas.
| Kumbia | 301 |
|---|---|
| 4610, QLD | 15,212 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
Kumbia is far older than most similar areas, with a typical age of 48 compared to the national figure of 38.
301 ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
48 yrs ▼ -2.0%
Older than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
The area has a heavily weighted age profile, where seniors aged 65 and over make up 25.6% of the population. This is well above the 17.2% seen across Australia, while children under 15 are well below the national figure at 14.3%.
25.6% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
14.3% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Kumbia splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (26%) and Seniors (65+) (26%), with Young adults (25–44) at 22%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
Indigenous people make up 6.0% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 3.2%. Most residents are married (43.2%) or have never married (31.3%).
6.0% ▲ +599.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
12.2% ▲ +226.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Kumbia, the largest group is Married at 45%, followed by Never married (33%) and Divorced (9%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Kumbia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31584/kumbia/topic/demographics-identity