125 ▲ +64.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76
- 2016: 69
- 2021: 125
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Seventeen Seventy · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
More than half of the 125 people in Seventeen Seventy are married, and the area is far older than most of the country. The typical resident is 57, making the community significantly older than the national average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Seventeen Seventy — lower than 55% of areas.
| Seventeen Seventy | 125 |
|---|---|
| 4677, QLD | 4,217 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 57, which is far older than the typical person in Queensland or Australia. This makes the population much older than in most similar areas.
125 ▲ +64.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
57 yrs ▼ -1.7%
Older than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 31.2% of the population, which is far above the national figure. This helps explain why children under 15 are so few here, at just 8.0%.
31.2% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
8.0% ▼ -40.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Seventeen Seventy splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (31%) and Older adults (45–64) (30%), with Young adults (25–44) at 22%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 17.7%. Meanwhile, there is no Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander population, which is well below the state and national figures.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
17.7% ▲ +152.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Seventeen Seventy, Married is the majority at 54%; Never married is next at 28%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Seventeen Seventy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32540/seventeen-seventy/topic/demographics-identity