150 ▼ -46.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 282
- 2016: 165
- 2021: 150
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Tirroan · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
More than a third of people in Tirroan are older adults aged 45 to 64. This small community of 150 people is far older than the national average, with a typical resident aged 57.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tirroan — lower than 52% of areas.
| Tirroan | 150 |
|---|---|
| 4671, QLD | 6,285 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living here is 57, which is far older than the national figure of 38.
150 ▼ -46.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
57 yrs ▲ +16.3%
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 32% of the population, far above the 17% seen across Australia. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here at 12.7%.
32.0% ▲ +81.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
12.7% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Tirroan splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (35%) and Seniors (65+) (31%), with Children (0–14) at 12%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 21%. Very few people identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, at 0%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
21.0% ▲ +70.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Tirroan, Married is the majority at 57%; Never married is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Tirroan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32836/tirroan/topic/demographics-identity