424 ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 433
- 2016: 431
- 2021: 424
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Oakenden · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Oakenden
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A quarter of the population in Oakenden are children under 15, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area much younger than most similar places, with a typical resident aged 39. The community has grown to 424 people.
424
▼ -2.1%
- 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 Oakenden — higher than 62% of areas.
| Oakenden | 424 |
|---|---|
| 4741, QLD | 7,346 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population of 424 is larger than about 65% of similar areas. While the typical resident is 39, this is just a little older than the national figure of 38.
39 yrs ▲ +2.6%
Younger than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38 yrs
- 2016: 39 yrs
- 2021: 39 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children make up 25% of the population, which is well above the Queensland figure of 18.7%. In contrast, the proportion of people aged 65 and over is 14.6%, which is a little below the national average.
14.6% ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
25.0% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Oakenden splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (28%) and Children (0–14) (24%), with Young adults (25–44) at 21%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most residents are married, at 61.7%, while those in de facto relationships make up 9.2%, a figure well below the state average. People identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander represent 0.7% of the population, which is well below the Queensland figure.
0.7% ▲ —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
9.2% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Oakenden, Married is the majority at 61%; 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Oakenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32208/oakenden/topic/demographics-identity