266 ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 231
- 2016: 226
- 2021: 266
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Clarence Point · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Clarence Point
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Clarence Point is far older than in most other similar areas. The community has a very high proportion of seniors, with 38.3% of the 266 residents aged 65 and over. This makes the area much older than the rest of the state and the nation.
266
▲ +15.2%
- 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 Clarence Point — higher than 58% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living here is 59 years old, which is far older than the Tasmanian figure of 42 and the national figure of 38.
59 yrs ▲ +15.7%
Older than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51 yrs
- 2016: 56 yrs
- 2021: 59 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors make up 38.3% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why the number of children under 15 is well below both the state and national averages at just 10.9%.
38.3% ▲ +63.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
10.9% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Clarence Point splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (38%) and Older adults (45–64) (37%), with Young adults (25–44) at 13%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 18.7%. Meanwhile, 1.5% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is a little below the national figure.
1.5% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
18.7% ▲ +121.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Clarence Point, the largest group is Married at 49%, followed by Never married (23%) and Divorced (15%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Clarence Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60114/clarence-point/topic/demographics-identity