Australian Demographic Profile

Palmers Island, NSW 2463

Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.

Population

~439

Median age

47

Median income

Mid

$650-$799/wk

Top profile

Retired

32%

Profile composition (top three)

  • Retired and semi-retired32%
  • Established partnered households20%
  • Young singles and non-workers17%

Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.

Population overview

Synthetic individuals
~439
Sex split
F 49% / M 51%
Tertiary-qualified
11%

Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.

Age structure

  • Children (0-14)18%
  • Young adults (15-24)8.4%
  • Early career (25-39)14%
  • Mid career (40-59)28%
  • Senior (60+)32%

Income distribution

Median individual income bracket in Palmers Island: Mid ($650-$799/wk).

  • No / not stated36%
  • Low ($1-$499/wk)21%
  • Mid ($500-$1.5k)38%
  • High ($1.5k-$3k)2.8%
  • Very high ($3k+)1.7%

Top occupations

  1. Technicians and Trades Workers19%
  2. Managers18%
  3. Sales Workers14%

Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.

Compared to NSW and Australia

 Palmers IslandNSW avgAUS avg
Median age474242
Tertiary-qualified11%21%19%

What's in the full report

  • ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
  • ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
  • ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
  • ✓ Family composition by age group
  • ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
  • ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
  • ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
  • ✓ Citation-ready format

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Methodology

Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →

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