84 ▼ -59.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 208
- 2016: 135
- 2021: 84
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Mawbanna · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Mawbanna
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Nearly half of the 84 people in Mawbanna are married, making it a small community with a very distinct age and identity profile. This is a family-oriented area with a high number of children and a much stronger Indigenous presence than the state or national average.
84
▼ -59.6%
- 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 Mawbanna — lower than 63% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 41 years old, making Mawbanna a little younger than the Tasmanian average but noticeably older than the national figure.
41 yrs ▲ +2.5%
Younger than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40 yrs
- 2016: 27 yrs
- 2021: 41 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 25% of the population, which is well above the figures for both Tasmania and Australia. This helps explain why the number of seniors is far below the state average at only 10.7%.
10.7% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
25.0% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Mawbanna, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 36%, followed by Children (0–14) (28%) and Youth (15–24) (14%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 15.5% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is far above the national figure. De facto relationships are also very common here, at 30.4%, a rate far above both the state and national averages.
15.5% ▲ +431.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
30.4% ▲ +118.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Mawbanna, the largest group is Married at 46%, followed by Never married (40%) and Divorced (10%).
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 Mawbanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60387/mawbanna/topic/demographics-identity