446 ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 398
- 2016: 404
- 2021: 446
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Stowport · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Stowport
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A much higher proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live in Stowport compared to the rest of the country. The area has 446 residents and a diverse mix of ages, with the typical person being 40 years old. This makes the community slightly younger than the Tasmanian average.
446
▲ +12.1%
- 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 Stowport — higher than 63% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Stowport has 446 residents, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. The typical resident is 40, making the area a little younger than the state figure but a little older than the national figure.
40 yrs ▼ -2.4%
Younger than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41 yrs
- 2016: 41 yrs
- 2021: 40 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 16.6% of the population, which is about the same as the state. People aged 65 and over account for 16.8%, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average.
16.8% ▲ +48.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
16.6% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Stowport splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (30%) and Young adults (25–44) (26%), with Seniors (65+) at 17%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 7.6% of residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is well above the national figure. De facto relationships are also much more common here than in most similar areas, at 15.9%.
7.6% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.9% ▲ +35.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Stowport, the largest group is Married at 46%, followed by Never married (33%) and Divorced (11%).
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 Stowport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60645/stowport/topic/demographics-identity