487 ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 480
- 2016: 538
- 2021: 487
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Mount Perry · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Mount Perry
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far older than most similar areas, Mount Perry is a community where the typical resident is 54. This age gap is striking, with the local population being 16 years older than the national figure. It is a small town of 487 people with a distinct demographic profile.
487
▲ +1.5%
- 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 Perry — higher than 64% of areas.
| Mount Perry | 487 |
|---|---|
| 4671, QLD | 6,285 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living here is 54, which is far older than the Queensland and Australian figures of 38.
54 yrs ▲ +14.9%
Older than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47 yrs
- 2016: 51 yrs
- 2021: 54 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors make up 30.8% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 17.2%. This contributes to a low proportion of children under 15, who make up just 13.6% of the community.
30.8% ▲ +55.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.6% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Mount Perry splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (31%) and Older adults (45–64) (31%), with Young adults (25–44) at 16%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people represent 6.8% of the population, which is well above the Australian figure of 3.2%. De facto relationships are much less common here than in most areas, at only 6.3%.
6.8% ▲ +91.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
6.3% ▼ -44.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Mount Perry, the largest group is Married at 49%, followed by Never married (25%) and Divorced (13%).
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 Perry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32012/mount-perry/topic/demographics-identity