4,983 ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3,495
- 2016: 4,086
- 2021: 4,983
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Brighton
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Brighton is just 34, making it far younger than the Tasmanian average. This shift towards a younger population is seen in the high number of children and families moving into the area. With 4,983 people, it is larger than about 90% of similar areas.
4,983
▲ +42.6%
- 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 Brighton — higher than 86% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 34, which is far younger than the Tasmanian figure of 42 and noticeably younger than the national typical age of 38.
34 yrs ▲ +3.0%
Younger than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33 yrs
- 2016: 34 yrs
- 2021: 34 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 22.1% of the population, which is well above the state and national figures. This helps explain why there are fewer seniors here, with those aged 65 and over at 14.2%, well below the Tasmanian average of 20.9%.
14.2% ▲ +27.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
22.1% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Brighton, the largest group is Young adults (25–44) at 30%, followed by Older adults (45–64) (22%) and Children (0–14) (22%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Indigenous residents make up 8.2% of the population, which is well above the Australian average of 3.2%. People in de facto relationships are also much more common here at 20.4%, well above the 11.5% seen across Australia.
8.2% ▲ +119.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
20.4% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Brighton splits fairly evenly between Never married (42%) and Married (41%), with Divorced at 9%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Brighton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60075/brighton/topic/demographics-identity