241 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 251
- 2016: 240
- 2021: 241
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Gunyangara · Urban Centre
Demographics & Identity in Gunyangara
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A far higher proportion of people identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Gunyangara than in the rest of the country, at 86.7%. This is a very young community where the typical resident is just 29 years old. The population has shrunk slightly since 2011 and now totals 241 people.
241
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Gunyangara — lower than 88% of areas.
| Gunyangara | 241 |
|---|---|
| 0880, NT | 4,953 |
| Northern Territory | 232,605 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living here is 29, which is far younger than the national figure of 38. While this is noticeably younger than the Northern Territory average, the community has aged by 5 years since the last census.
29 yrs ▲ +20.8%
Younger than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24 yrs
- 2016: 27 yrs
- 2021: 29 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 29% of the population, a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why the area has so few seniors, with those aged 65 and over making up only 5.8% of residents.
5.8% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
29.0% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Gunyangara splits fairly evenly between Children (0–14) (29%) and Young adults (25–44) (28%), with Older adults (45–64) at 20%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 86.7% of the community identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, though this is 5.7 percentage points lower than in 2011. Most residents are married (55.4%) or have never married (38.3%).
86.7% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 92.4%
- 2016: 89.6%
- 2021: 86.7%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
1.8% ▼ -66.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Gunyangara, Married is the majority at 54%; Never married is next at 38%.
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 Gunyangara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722015/gunyangara/topic/demographics-identity