213 ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 268
- 2016: 266
- 2021: 213
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Koorda · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A much older population than usual shapes daily life in Koorda, where the typical resident is 54. With 213 people living here, the community is significantly older than both the state and national averages by 16 years.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Koorda — higher than 55% of areas.
| Koorda | 213 |
|---|---|
| 6475, WA | 350 |
| Western Australia | 2,660,026 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 54, making Koorda far older than the national figure of 38. The total population is 213, which is larger than about 56% of similar areas.
213 ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
54 yrs ▲ +22.7%
Older than 83% 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 32.4% of the population, a figure far above the 17.2% seen across Australia. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the national average at just 11.3%.
32.4% ▲ +66.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
11.3% ▼ -48.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Koorda splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (35%) and Seniors (65+) (31%), with Young adults (25–44) at 17%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 4.2% of the community, which is a little above the national figure. More than half of residents are married, and those in de facto relationships are slightly more common here than in most other areas.
4.2% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
13.3% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Koorda, Married is the majority at 52%; Never married is next at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Koorda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50783/koorda/topic/demographics-identity