43 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42
- 2021: 43
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Moraby · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Not a single resident aged 65 or over lives in Moraby, creating a massive age gap compared to the rest of the state. This sparsely populated area is’ much younger than most similar places, with a typical resident aged 37.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Moraby — lower than 75% of areas.
| Moraby | 43 |
|---|---|
| 4416, QLD | 412 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
Moraby is a small community of just 43 people, making it smaller than about 74% of similar areas.
43 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
37 yrs —
Younger than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
The population is dominated by adults between 25 and 64, while children under 15 make up 16.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 18.2%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
16.3% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Moraby splits fairly evenly between Young adults (25–44) (36%) and Older adults (45–64) (34%), with Children (0–14) at 16%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 17.4%. This is well above the Queensland figure of 12.9%, while the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is 0.0%, well below the national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
17.4% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Moraby, Married is the majority at 59%; Never married is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Moraby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31911/moraby/topic/demographics-identity