26 —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58
- 2021: 26
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Paynes Find · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Paynes Find is 60 years old, making this a far older community than the state and national averages. With only 26 people living here, it is a sparsely populated area where over a third of the residents are seniors.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Paynes Find — lower than 83% of areas.
| Paynes Find | 26 |
|---|---|
| 6612, WA | 162 |
| Western Australia | 2,660,026 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 60, which is far older than the national figure of 38. This is among the highest ages seen in similar areas.
26 —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
60 yrs —
Older than 93% 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 34.6% of the population, a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why the area has few children, with those under 15 making up only 15.4% of residents.
34.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.4% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Paynes Find splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (30%) and Seniors (65+) (30%), with Young adults (25–44) at 27%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 11.5% of the population, which is well above the Western Australian average. Nearly half of the residents are married.
11.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
In Paynes Find, the largest group is Married at 50%, followed by Never married (36%) and Divorced (14%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Paynes Find [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51215/paynes-find/topic/demographics-identity