346 ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 302
- 2016: 295
- 2021: 346
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Wellcamp · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Wellcamp
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Noticeably younger residents define Wellcamp, where the typical person is just 31 years old. This age is much lower than the state and national figure of 38. With a population of 346, the area is larger than about 63% of similar places.
346
▲ +14.6%
- 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 Wellcamp — higher than 60% of areas.
| Wellcamp | 346 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 115,218 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 31, making Wellcamp noticeably younger than both Queensland and Australia by seven years. This is among the lowest typical ages for areas at this level.
31 yrs ▼ -26.2%
Younger than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42 yrs
- 2016: 41 yrs
- 2021: 31 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up the largest group at 28.9%. Children under 15 are much less common here than in most areas, at 10.4%, which is well below the national figure of 18.2%.
16.5% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
10.4% ▼ -52.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Wellcamp, the largest group is Youth (15–24) at 29%, followed by Young adults (25–44) (22%) and Older adults (45–64) (22%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
More than half of residents have never married, and only 7% are in a de facto relationship, which is well below the Queensland figure of 12.9%. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 3.2% of the population, a figure about the same as the national average.
3.2% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
7.0% ▲ +57.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Wellcamp, Never married is the majority at 50%; Married is next at 40%.
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 Wellcamp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33024/wellcamp/topic/demographics-identity