94 ▼ -54.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 208
- 2016: 76
- 2021: 94
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Yornup · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Yornup is 48 years old, making the area far older than the national figure of 38. This sparsely populated place of 94 people is shaped by a high proportion of seniors and a very small number of children.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Yornup — lower than 60% of areas.
| Yornup | 94 |
|---|---|
| 6256, WA | 434 |
| Western Australia | 2,660,026 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical age of residents is 48, which is far older than the Western Australian average of 38. The total population is small at 94 people.
94 ▼ -54.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
48 yrs ▼ -2.0%
Older than 62% 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 24.5% of the population, well above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 are much less common here at 12.8% compared to 18.2% across Australia.
24.5% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
12.8% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Yornup splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (27%) and Seniors (65+) (26%), with Young adults (25–44) at 22%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
People in de facto relationships make up 23.8% of the population, which is far above the 11.5% national figure. No one in the community identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
23.8% ▲ +72.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Yornup splits fairly evenly between Married (49%) and Never married (47%), with Divorced at 4%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Yornup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51692/yornup/topic/demographics-identity