330 ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 331
- 2016: 310
- 2021: 330
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Clackline · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A gap of 12 years separates the typical Clackline resident from the state and national average, with the usual person here being 50. This is a mature community of 330 people where seniors and older adults make up over half the population.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Clackline — higher than 60% of areas.
| Clackline | 330 |
|---|---|
| 6564, WA | 330 |
| Western Australia | 2,660,026 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person in Clackline is 50 years old, which is far older than the Western Australian and Australian figure of 38.
330 ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
50 yrs ▲ +4.2%
Older than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 25.2% of the population, which is well above the state average. Children under 15 account for 16.4%, a little below the national figure.
25.2% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
16.4% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Clackline, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 31%, followed by Seniors (65+) (24%) and Young adults (25–44) (20%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are very common here, at 24.7%, which is far above the 11.5% seen across Australia. About 4.2% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, slightly above the national average.
4.2% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
24.7% ▲ +65.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Clackline splits fairly evenly between Never married (38%) and Married (38%), with Divorced at 12%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Clackline [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50295/clackline/topic/demographics-identity