94 ▼ -71.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 331
- 2016: 101
- 2021: 94
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Mount Carbine · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Mount Carbine
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Among the highest in its class for age, Mount Carbine is a sparsely populated area where the typical resident is 61 years old. This is far older than the national figure of 38. The community is small, with only 94 people living across the region.
94
▼ -71.6%
- 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 Mount Carbine — lower than 60% of areas.
| Mount Carbine | 94 |
|---|---|
| 4871, QLD | 10,798 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population is small compared to most similar areas, with 94 residents. The typical person here is 61, which is far older than the typical resident in Queensland or Australia.
61 yrs ▲ +27.1%
Older than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48 yrs
- 2016: 64 yrs
- 2021: 61 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors make up 40.4% of the population, a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here at 9.6%, which is well below the 18.2% seen across Australia.
40.4% ▲ +147.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
9.6% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Mount Carbine splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (43%) and Older adults (45–64) (42%), with Children (0–14) at 10%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 7.4% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 3.2%. Those in de facto relationships are much less common than in most areas, at just 8.3%.
7.4% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
8.3% ▼ -57.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Mount Carbine splits fairly evenly between Never married (29%) and Married (28%), with Divorced at 24%.
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 Mount Carbine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31945/mount-carbine/topic/demographics-identity