45 —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9
- 2021: 45
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Middleton · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far older residents than most similar areas define Middleton, where the typical person is 55. This sparsely populated community of just 45 people has a very different age profile to the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Middleton — lower than 74% of areas.
| Middleton | 45 |
|---|---|
| 4735, QLD | 960 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 55, which is far older than the national figure of 38. Only 45 people live in the area.
45 —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
55 yrs —
Older than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up only 13.3% of the population, which is well below the Queensland figure of 18.7%. Meanwhile, those aged 65 and over account for 17.8%, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
17.8% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Middleton splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (28%) and Young adults (25–44) (24%), with Children (0–14) at 21%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well below the national average. While 70.3% of residents are married, those in de facto relationships are far below the national figure of 11.5%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Middleton, Married is the majority at 72%; Divorced is next at 19%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Middleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31826/middleton/topic/demographics-identity