1,022 ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1,401
- 2016: 4,141
- 2021: 1,022
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Batlow · Urban Centre
Demographics & Identity in Batlow
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Nearly 40% of residents in Batlow are married, reflecting a mature community where the typical person is now 49 years old. This is far older than the national figure, as the population has aged significantly while the total number of residents shrank by 27% since 2011.
1,022
▼ -27.1%
- 1–2: 3 areas
- 2–3: 0 areas
- 3–5: 0 areas
- 5–9: 0 areas
- 9–16: 2 areas
- 16–27: 1 area
- 27–47: 2 areas
- 47–81: 2 areas
- 81–139: 14 areas
- 139–241: 145 areas
- 241–418: 340 areas
- 418–723: 351 areas
- 723–1,252: 304 areas
- 1,252–2,168: 191 areas
- 2,168–3,752: 181 areas
- 3,752–6,495: 107 areas
- 6,495–11,242: 69 areas
- 11,242–19,459: 44 areas
- 19,459–33,683: 31 areas
- 33,683–58,304: 17 areas
- 58,304–100,921: 8 areas
- 100,921–174,689: 8 areas
- 174,689–302,378: 4 areas
- 302,378–523,401: 5 areas
- 523,401–905,982: 2 areas
- 905,982–1,568,210: 1 area
- 1,568,210–2,714,494: 2 areas
- 2,714,494–4,698,656: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Batlow — higher than 57% of areas.
| Batlow | 1,022 |
|---|---|
| 2730, NSW | 1,335 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The population fell to 1,022 people by 2021, which is larger than about 58% of similar areas. This happened as the typical resident became 4 years older than they were in 2011.
49 yrs ▲ +8.9%
Older than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45 yrs
- 2016: 43 yrs
- 2021: 49 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Batlow has a high proportion of seniors, with 27.1% aged 65 and over, which is well above the national figure. This helps explain why the area is older than most, while children under 15 have fallen to 15.5%.
27.1% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.5% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Batlow splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (30%) and Seniors (65+) (28%), with Young adults (25–44) at 18%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 5.4% of people identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is a little above the state average. Those in de facto relationships make up 15.4% of the population, a figure well above the national average.
5.4% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.4% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Batlow splits fairly evenly between Married (39%) and Never married (34%), with Divorced at 12%.
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 Batlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115012/batlow/topic/demographics-identity