Australian Demographic Profile
Tailem Bend, SA 5260
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~1,689
Median age
52
Median income
Mid
$500-$649/wk
Top profile
Retired
36%
Profile composition (top three)
- Retired and semi-retired36%
- Young singles and non-workers34%
- Established partnered households12%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~1,689
- Sex split
- F 48% / M 52%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 7.2%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)14%
- Young adults (15-24)11%
- Early career (25-39)13%
- Mid career (40-59)26%
- Senior (60+)36%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Tailem Bend: Mid ($500-$649/wk).
- No / not stated31%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)33%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)32%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)3.7%
- Very high ($3k+)0.50%
Top occupations
- Labourers23%
- Managers15%
- Sales Workers13%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to SA and Australia
| Tailem Bend | SA avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 7.2% | 20% | 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 →