22 —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17
- 2021: 22
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Hammond · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Hammond is 53, making the area far older than the national figure. This sparsely populated place has just 22 people and is missing the younger age groups found in most other towns.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hammond — lower than 85% of areas.
| Hammond | 22 |
|---|---|
| 5431, SA | 857 |
| South Australia | 1,781,516 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
Hammond is a small community of 22 people. The typical resident is 53, which is far older than the typical person in South Australia or across Australia.
22 —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
53 yrs —
Older than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
There are no children under 15 here, while seniors aged 65 and over make up 31.8% of the population. This is far above the national figure, with half of all residents being older adults aged 45 to 64.
31.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Hammond, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 46%, followed by Seniors (65+) (29%) and Youth (15–24) (25%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
No one in the community identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. This is lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
In Hammond, Married is the majority at 58%; Never married is next at 21%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Hammond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40559/hammond/topic/demographics-identity