512 ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 500
- 2016: 430
- 2021: 512
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Kangaroo Gully · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Kangaroo Gully
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Kangaroo Gully is far older than in most other areas, with a typical age of 53. This makes the community significantly older than both the state and national figures, which sit at 38 years. The area is home to 512 people.
512
▲ +2.4%
- 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 Kangaroo Gully — higher than 65% of areas.
| Kangaroo Gully | 512 |
|---|---|
| 6255, WA | 4,403 |
| Western Australia | 2,660,026 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical age of 53 is much higher than most areas, making residents here far older than those across Western Australia and the rest of the country.
53 yrs ▲ +15.2%
Older than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46 yrs
- 2016: 52 yrs
- 2021: 53 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
The area has a very high proportion of seniors, with 28.7% aged 65 and over, which is far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 make up only 15.2% of the population, a figure well below the Australian average.
28.7% ▲ +84.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.2% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Kangaroo Gully splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (32%) and Seniors (65+) (30%), with Young adults (25–44) at 16%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most of the population is married at 65.5%. Around 2% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is a little below the national figure of 3.2%.
2.0% ▲ +225.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
11.4% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Kangaroo Gully, Married is the majority at 65%; Never married is next at 19%.
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 Kangaroo Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50719/kangaroo-gully/topic/demographics-identity