The database is compiled from 68.9 million individual pieces of information gathered from 8.5 million households and gives and us an idea of  how Australian life has changed in the five years since the 2011 Census.

The ‘typical’ Australian is a 38-year-old female who was born in Australia, and is of English ancestry. She is married and lives in a couple family with two children and has completed Year 12.

She lives in a house with three bedrooms and has two motor vehicles.

The ‘typical Walcharian’ is a 48-year-old male who was born in Australia, and is of English ancestry. He is married and lives in a couple with no children in a private, detached three-bedroom home with no mortgage, and two vehicles parked outside.

In the 2016 Census, there were 3092 people in the Walcha local government area. Of these, 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.

Like the rest of Australia, we have an ageing population but ours is older. The median age of people in Walcha was 48 years.

Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.8% of the population.

Of people aged 15 years and over in Walcha, 55.9% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated, 8.5% were widowed and  8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

Our most common ancestries were Australian 36.4%, English 28.8%, Scottish 9.3%, Irish 7.7% and German 2.8%.

The most common response for religion in Walcha was Anglican 34.2%, Catholic 19.4%, and no religion 18.0%, while Presbyterian was 9.9%.  This differs from the rest of Australia where no religion has overtaken Catholic.