578 ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 570
- 2016: 698
- 2021: 578
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Taroom · Urban Centre
Demographics & Identity in Taroom
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A notable quarter of residents are seniors in Taroom, making the community older than the national average. The population has remained steady with 578 people, though the age profile has shifted towards an older demographic over the last decade.
578
▲ +1.4%
- 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 Taroom — lower than 62% of areas.
| Taroom | 578 |
|---|---|
| 4420, QLD | 1,219 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 42, which is noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Since 2011, the total population grew by 1.4%, adding about 8 people to the area.
42 yrs ▼ -6.7%
Younger than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45 yrs
- 2016: 46 yrs
- 2021: 42 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 25.3% of the population, which is well above the Queensland figure of 17.0%. This group has grown by 7.6 percentage points since 2011, while the proportion of children under 15 fell to 17.5%.
25.3% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
17.5% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Taroom splits fairly evenly between Seniors (65+) (25%) and Older adults (45–64) (23%), with Young adults (25–44) at 22%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
People in de facto relationships make up 16.1% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 11.5%. About 4.5% of residents identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, a figure that rose 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
4.5% ▲ +184.9%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
16.1% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Taroom, the largest group is Married at 49%, followed by Never married (32%) and Divorced (9%).
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 Taroom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321100/taroom/topic/demographics-identity