346 ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 281
- 2016: 329
- 2021: 346
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Gardners Bay · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Gardners Bay
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident of Gardners Bay is 48, making this community far older than the Australian average. The area is home to 346 people and stands out for having a very high proportion of seniors and a strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander presence.
346
▲ +23.1%
- 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 Gardners Bay — higher than 60% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The usual resident here is 48, which is noticeably older than the Tasmania figure and far older than the national average.
48 yrs ▼ -2.0%
Older than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49 yrs
- 2016: 48 yrs
- 2021: 48 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 26% of the population, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Children under 15 account for 16.5%, which is about the same as the rest of Tasmania.
26.0% ▲ +44.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
16.5% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Gardners Bay splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (28%) and Seniors (65+) (27%), with Young adults (25–44) at 19%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity is common here, at 11.6%, which is well above the national figure. This is also an area where de facto relationships are much more common than in most other places.
11.6% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
17.5% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Gardners Bay, the largest group is Married at 46%, followed by Never married (29%) and Divorced (14%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Gardners Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60221/gardners-bay/topic/demographics-identity