130 ▼ -62.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 342
- 2016: 195
- 2021: 130
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Maclagan · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Maclagan
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Almost a third of the 130 people in Maclagan are seniors aged 65 and over. This makes the community far older than the national figure, though it also has a higher-than-usual proportion of children.
130
▼ -62.0%
- 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 Maclagan — lower than 55% of areas.
| Maclagan | 130 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 31,026 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living in Maclagan is 46, which is far older than the typical Queenslander. This age is around the middle for similar areas.
46 yrs ▲ +4.5%
Older than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44 yrs
- 2016: 36 yrs
- 2021: 46 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors make up 29.2% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 17.2%. While children under 15 are about the same as the state at 19.2%, the youth population between 15 and 24 is small at 4.6%.
29.2% ▲ +78.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
19.2% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Maclagan splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (31%) and Seniors (65+) (27%), with Young adults (25–44) at 20%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 13.1% of the population, which is well above the national figure. Additionally, the rate of people in de facto relationships is 19.4%, much higher than most other areas.
13.1% ▲ +636.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
19.4% ▲ +66.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Maclagan, the largest group is Married at 46%, followed by Never married (37%) and Widowed (8%).
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 Maclagan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31730/maclagan/topic/demographics-identity