5,120 ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3,999
- 2016: 4,484
- 2021: 5,120
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Noosa Heads · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Noosa Heads
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
More than half of the 5,120 residents in Noosa Heads are married. This is a notably older area where the typical resident is 54, far older than the national figure of 38. The population is much older than most similar places, with seniors making up nearly a third of the community.
5,120
▲ +28.0%
- 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 Noosa Heads — higher than 86% of areas.
| Noosa Heads | 5,120 |
|---|---|
| 4567, QLD | 11,979 |
| 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 state and national figures of 38. With 5,120 people, the population is larger than about 90% of similar areas.
54 yrs ▲ +8.0%
Older than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50 yrs
- 2016: 52 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 aged 65 and over make up 32.4% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the national average at just 12.6%.
32.4% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
12.6% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Noosa Heads splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (32%) and Older adults (45–64) (30%), with Young adults (25–44) at 18%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 0.6% of the population, which is well below the Queensland figure of 4.6%. People in de facto relationships sit at 12.4%, about the same as the state and national figures.
0.6% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
12.4% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Noosa Heads, Married is the majority at 52%; Never married is next at 27%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Noosa Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32160/noosa-heads/topic/demographics-identity