664 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 615
- 2016: 611
- 2021: 664
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Coffin Bay · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Coffin Bay
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A far older population than the national average defines daily life in Coffin Bay, where the typical resident is 57. With 664 people living here, the area is much older than most similar places, which is reflected in the high number of seniors living in the community.
664
▲ +8.0%
- 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 Coffin Bay — higher than 69% of areas.
| Coffin Bay | 664 |
|---|---|
| 5607, SA | 5,360 |
| South Australia | 1,781,516 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 57, which is far older than the South Australian figure of 41 and the national figure of 38.
57 yrs ▲ +5.6%
Older than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54 yrs
- 2016: 54 yrs
- 2021: 57 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 34.3% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the state average at just 12%.
34.3% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
12.0% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Coffin Bay splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (34%) and Older adults (45–64) (31%), with Young adults (25–44) at 19%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
People in de facto relationships make up 21.4% of the area, which is far above the state figure of 11.2%. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people account for 3.5% of the population, slightly above the South Australian average.
3.5% ▲ +113.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
21.4% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Coffin Bay, the largest group is Married at 48%, followed by Never married (29%) and Divorced (14%).
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 Coffin Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40278/coffin-bay/topic/demographics-identity