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Central Coast NSWPopulation forecast

Woongarah

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2026, the age structure forecasts for Woongarah indicate a 67.0% increase in population under working age, a 25.6% increase in population of retirement age, and a 60.1% increase in population of working age.

Knowledge of how the age structure of the population is changing is essential for planning age-based facilities and services, such as child care, recreation and aged care.

The forecast age groups of Central Coast NSW is a function of the current age of the population (people aging each year, being born and dying) as well as the age of people migrating into and out of the area. This in turn is driven by location (fringe, city centre, regional or rural) the existing housing stock (separate dwellings, medium or high density), the amount and type of new residential development (same as existing stock, or diversifying) and where the area is in a cycle of change. We call this the area’s residential role and function. You can learn more about this in the section household and suburb life cycles.

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Forecast age structure - 5 year age groups
Woongarah - Total persons202120262036Change between 2021 and 2036
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 43555.97317.71,2437.8+888
5 to 94858.18038.51,4148.9+930
10 to 1467111.198910.41,67210.5+1,002
15 to 195028.48198.71,4499.1+947
20 to 243455.75295.61,0086.3+663
25 to 292754.65115.48455.3+569
30 to 343095.16136.59946.2+685
35 to 394207.07037.41,1887.5+767
40 to 444647.77427.81,2417.8+777
45 to 495148.56647.01,1767.4+662
50 to 543696.15726.09636.0+594
55 to 593215.34674.97514.7+430
60 to 642063.43433.65353.4+329
65 to 692103.52392.53802.4+170
70 to 742293.82562.73702.3+141
75 to 791772.92232.42931.8+116
80 to 84711.21551.62231.4+152
85 and over941.61081.11811.1+87
Total persons6,016100.09,467100.015,927100.0+9,911
Source: Population and household forecasts, 2021 to 2036, prepared by .id (informed decisions), February 2023.

Key findings

In 2021, the dominant age structure for persons in Woongarah was ages 10 to 14, which accounted for 11.1% of the total persons.

The largest increase in persons between 2021 and 2026 is forecast to be in ages 0 to 4, which is expected to increase by 376 and account for 7.7% of the total persons.

The largest 5 year age group in 2026 is 10 to 14 years, with a total of 989 persons.

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