378 ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 336
- 2016: 320
- 2021: 378
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Torbay · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Torbay
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Nearly half of the 378 people living in Torbay are married. This is a relatively small area where the typical resident is 42, making the population noticeably older than the national figure of 38.
378
▲ +12.5%
- 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 Torbay — higher than 61% of areas.
| Torbay | 378 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 38,042 |
| Western Australia | 2,660,026 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Torbay has a total population of 378 people, which is larger than about 64% of similar areas. The typical resident here is 42, making them noticeably older than the average person in Australia.
42 yrs ▼ -6.7%
Younger than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45 yrs
- 2016: 49 yrs
- 2021: 42 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Older adults aged 45 to 64 make up the largest group at 31.5%. Children under 15 account for 16.4% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 18.2%.
15.1% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
16.4% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Torbay splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (32%) and Young adults (25–44) (27%), with Children (0–14) at 17%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 2.6% of residents identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, which is about the same as the national figure. Those in de facto relationships make up 10.8% of the population, slightly lower than the Western Australian average.
2.6% ▲ +49.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
10.8% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Torbay, the largest group is Married at 49%, followed by Never married (36%) and Divorced (7%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Torbay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Torbay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51462/torbay/topic/demographics-identity