225 ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 273
- 2016: 199
- 2021: 225
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Big Grove · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Big Grove
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Big Grove is 56, making the area far older than both the state and national figures. This older demographic shapes daily life, with about a third of the 225 residents being seniors aged 65 and over.
225
▼ -17.6%
- 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 Big Grove — higher than 56% of areas.
| Big Grove | 225 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 38,042 |
| Western Australia | 2,660,026 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population is 225 people. On average, residents are much older than those in most similar areas, with a typical age 18 years higher than the Australian average.
56 yrs ▲ +21.7%
Older than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46 yrs
- 2016: 59 yrs
- 2021: 56 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors make up 32% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here, at only 10.2%.
32.0% ▲ +63.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
10.2% ▼ -44.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Big Grove splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (36%) and Seniors (65+) (34%), with Young adults (25–44) at 13%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
No one in the area identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well below the state and national figures. Marital status is varied, with 44.6% of residents married and 10.5% in de facto relationships.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
10.5% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Big Grove, the largest group is Married at 45%, followed by Never married (27%) and Divorced (17%).
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 Big Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50121/big-grove/topic/demographics-identity