849 ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 636
- 2016: 754
- 2021: 849
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Denham · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Denham
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Far more residents are older in Denham than in most similar areas, with a typical age of 48. This community of 849 people is significantly older than both the state and national figures, where the typical resident is 38.
849
▲ +33.5%
- 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 Denham — higher than 72% of areas.
| Denham | 849 |
|---|---|
| 6537, WA | 995 |
| Western Australia | 2,660,026 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 48, which is far older than the national and state figures of 38. This makes the population in Denham much older than in most other areas.
48 yrs → 0.0%
Older than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48 yrs
- 2016: 45 yrs
- 2021: 48 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
A high proportion of seniors aged 65 and over (24.5%) live here, which is well above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why there are far fewer children under 15 (13.3%) than in most other areas.
24.5% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.3% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Denham splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (28%) and Young adults (25–44) (26%), with Seniors (65+) at 25%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Indigenous identity is much more common here, with 9.0% of people identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, well above the 3.2% national figure. Additionally, people in de facto relationships make up 20.9% of the population, which is much higher than in most other areas.
9.0% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
20.9% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Denham splits fairly evenly between Married (41%) and Never married (39%), with Divorced at 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 Denham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50403/denham/topic/demographics-identity