82 —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 87
- 2021: 82
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Flowery Gully · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Flowery Gully is now 53, making the area far older than the national figure. This sparsely populated place has shifted toward an older demographic, where seniors and older adults make up nearly half of the population.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Flowery Gully — lower than 64% of areas.
How many people, and the typical age.
Flowery Gully is a small community of 82 people. Its typical resident is 53, which is far older than the typical person in Tasmania or across Australia.
82 —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
53 yrs —
Older than 80% 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 22% of the population, which is well above the national figure. Children under 15 account for 18.3%, a figure about the same as the rest of Australia.
22.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
18.3% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
In Flowery Gully, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 29%, followed by Seniors (65+) (23%) and Children (0–14) (19%).
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 16.9%. Conversely, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is 0%, which is well below the state and national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
16.9% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Flowery Gully, the largest group is Married at 47%, followed by Never married (24%) and Divorced (16%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Flowery Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60206/flowery-gully/topic/demographics-identity