2,805 ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2,610
- 2016: 2,938
- 2021: 2,805
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Thursday Island · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Thursday Island
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far fewer seniors and many more children than most similar areas define the population of Thursday Island. This is a notably young community where the typical resident is only 30 years old, making it far younger than both the state and national figures.
2,805
▲ +7.5%
- 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 Thursday Island — higher than 83% of areas.
| Thursday Island | 2,805 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 7,526 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is 2,805 people, which is larger than about 84% of areas at this level.
30 yrs ▲ +7.1%
Younger than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28 yrs
- 2016: 28 yrs
- 2021: 30 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 27% of the population, a figure well above the national average. In contrast, people aged 65 and over account for only 7.2%, which is far below the Australian average of 17.2%.
7.2% ▲ +48.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
27.0% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Thursday Island splits fairly evenly between Young adults (25–44) (29%) and Children (0–14) (27%), with Older adults (45–64) at 22%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Indigenous identity is very strong here, with 69.1% of people identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, far above the national figure. This is also a place where de facto relationships are common, at 24.7%, which is far above the state and national averages.
69.1% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 69.1%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
24.7% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Thursday Island, Never married is the majority at 61%; Married is next at 27%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Thursday Island
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Thursday Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32823/thursday-island/topic/demographics-identity