34 —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75
- 2021: 34
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Upper Haughton · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A gap of 17 percentage points separates Upper Haughton from the rest of the country in terms of seniors, as no one aged 65 or over lives here. This sparsely populated area has a population of just 34 people, with a typical age of 44 that is noticeably older than the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Haughton — lower than 79% of areas.
| Upper Haughton | 34 |
|---|---|
| 4809, QLD | 985 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The population is small, with only 34 residents. The typical person here is 44, which is noticeably older than the typical Queenslander.
34 —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
44 yrs —
Younger than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Almost half the population are older adults aged 45 to 64, which helps explain why there are no seniors and far fewer children than the state average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
14.7% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Upper Haughton, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 48%, followed by Youth (15–24) (27%) and Children (0–14) (15%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, a figure well below the national average. Relationships are mostly formal or de facto, with 46.4% of people married.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Upper Haughton, Married is the majority at 57%; Never married is next at 43%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Upper Haughton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32910/upper-haughton/topic/demographics-identity