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City of Greater BendigoPopulation forecast

City of Greater Bendigo

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2026, the age structure forecasts for City of Greater Bendigo indicate a 12.1% increase in population under working age, a 10.2% increase in population of retirement age, and a 9.2% 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 the City of Greater Bendigo 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.

Forecast age structure - 5 year age groups
City of Greater Bendigo - Total persons202120262036Change between 2021 and 2036
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 47,2836.09,0396.810,2946.6+3,011
5 to 97,8806.58,2956.210,3396.7+2,459
10 to 147,9146.58,5326.410,1366.5+2,222
15 to 197,0435.88,2166.29,2806.0+2,237
20 to 247,3376.17,8995.99,1455.9+1,808
25 to 297,9996.68,4036.39,4526.1+1,454
30 to 347,9456.68,8896.79,9196.4+1,974
35 to 397,6516.38,6316.59,9946.4+2,343
40 to 446,9805.88,1646.19,6526.2+2,672
45 to 497,2806.07,7285.89,4716.1+2,192
50 to 547,3006.07,8625.99,1825.9+1,882
55 to 597,5606.27,8605.98,8445.7+1,284
60 to 647,5536.27,8725.98,7435.6+1,190
65 to 696,9295.77,6365.78,3775.4+1,449
70 to 746,2625.26,6745.07,7465.0+1,484
75 to 794,2493.55,4084.16,4824.2+2,233
80 to 843,0372.53,2772.54,5332.9+1,496
85 and over3,0002.52,8852.23,5862.3+586
Total persons121,200100.0133,271100.0155,175100.0+33,975
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 City of Greater Bendigo was ages 25 to 29, which accounted for 6.6% 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 1,755 and account for 6.8% of the total persons.

The largest 5 year age group in 2026 is 0 to 4 years, with a total of 9,039 persons.

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