764 ▲ +70.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 448
- 2016: 573
- 2021: 764
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Aldinga · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Aldinga
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far older than the national average is the population in Aldinga, where the typical resident is 49 years old. This makes the area much more mature than most other similar places. It is a small community of 764 people with a very high proportion of seniors.
764
▲ +70.5%
- 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 Aldinga — higher than 71% of areas.
| Aldinga | 764 |
|---|---|
| 5173, SA | 13,213 |
| South Australia | 1,781,516 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living in Aldinga is 49, which is far older than the South Australian figure of 41 and the national figure of 38.
49 yrs ▲ +2.1%
Older than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48 yrs
- 2016: 46 yrs
- 2021: 49 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 26.3% of the population, a figure that is well above the national average of 17.2%. This helps explain why the overall age profile is so much older than most areas.
26.3% ▲ +81.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
17.9% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Aldinga, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 32%, followed by Seniors (65+) (26%) and Children (0–14) (18%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Couples in de facto relationships are more common here than in most areas, at 15.4%, which is well above the national figure of 11.5%. Meanwhile, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 0.4% of the population, which is a little below the national average.
0.4% ▼ -80.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.4% ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Aldinga splits fairly evenly between Married (36%) and Never married (33%), with Divorced at 20%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Aldinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40009/aldinga/topic/demographics-identity