393 ▲ +45.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 271
- 2016: 462
- 2021: 393
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Mount Rascal · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Nearly 25% of the population are children, making Mount Rascal much younger than most similar areas. This family-heavy profile is reflected in a population of 393 people, where the typical resident is 39 years old.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Rascal — higher than 62% of areas.
| Mount Rascal | 393 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 115,218 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 39, which is a little older than the national figure of 38. The total population is 393, which is larger than about 64% of similar areas.
393 ▲ +45.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
39 yrs ▲ +5.4%
Younger than 74% 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 24.9% of the area, a figure well above the national average of 18.2%. This contributes to the area being much younger than most, while those aged 65 and over are a little below the Queensland figure at 14.2%.
14.2% ▲ +156.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
24.9% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Mount Rascal splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (28%) and Children (0–14) (25%), with Young adults (25–44) at 20%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most residents are married (67.2%), while those in de facto relationships make up 7.0%, which is well below the national figure of 11.5%. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people account for 1.5% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average.
1.5% ▲ +36.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
7.0% ▲ +76.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Mount Rascal, Married is the majority at 68%; Never married is next at 23%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Mount Rascal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32017/mount-rascal/topic/demographics-identity