4,872 ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5,359
- 2016: 4,825
- 2021: 4,872
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Boulder · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Boulder
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Nearly half of the people in Boulder have never married, marking it as a particularly young and dynamic area. With a typical resident aged just 35, the population is noticeably younger than the Western Australian and national figures.
4,872
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Boulder — higher than 86% of areas.
| Boulder | 4,872 |
|---|---|
| 6432, WA | 7,150 |
| Western Australia | 2,660,026 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Boulder is larger than about 89% of similar areas, with 4,872 people living here.
35 yrs ▲ +16.7%
Younger than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30 yrs
- 2016: 33 yrs
- 2021: 35 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
The area is skewed young, as the 22.7% of children under 15 is well above the national figure. This is reflected in the small number of seniors, who make up only 10.2% of the population, which is well below the state and national averages.
10.2% ▲ +81.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
22.7% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Boulder splits fairly evenly between Young adults (25–44) (29%) and Older adults (45–64) (26%), with Children (0–14) at 23%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 8.4% of the community, a figure well above the national average of 3.2%. Those in de facto relationships are also much more common here than in most areas, at 19.6%.
8.4% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
19.6% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Boulder, the largest group is Never married at 47%, followed by Married (35%) and Divorced (10%).
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 Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50159/boulder/topic/demographics-identity