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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 12.4% increase in females under working age, a 12.2% increase in females of retirement age, and a 9.6% increase in females 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 females202120262036Change between 2021 and 2036
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 43,5925.84,3646.34,9836.2+1,391
5 to 93,8486.24,0535.95,0276.2+1,178
10 to 143,7526.04,1676.14,9466.1+1,194
15 to 193,4985.64,0545.94,6755.8+1,177
20 to 243,6595.94,0155.84,6825.8+1,023
25 to 294,0736.64,2656.24,8386.0+765
30 to 344,1156.64,5806.75,1246.3+1,010
35 to 393,9736.44,5446.65,2386.5+1,265
40 to 443,6725.94,2936.25,0976.3+1,425
45 to 493,7606.04,0255.94,9516.1+1,191
50 to 543,7326.04,0725.94,7755.9+1,044
55 to 593,9946.44,1126.04,6875.8+693
60 to 643,9886.44,2116.14,6735.8+685
65 to 693,6125.84,1126.04,5155.6+903
70 to 743,2365.23,5565.24,2545.3+1,018
75 to 792,2003.52,8964.23,6274.5+1,427
80 to 841,6242.61,7852.62,5813.2+957
85 and over1,8363.01,6902.52,1442.7+309
Total persons62,163100.068,793100.080,817100.0+18,653
Source: Population and household forecasts, 2021 to 2036, prepared by .id (informed decisions), February 2023.

Key findings

In 2021, the dominant age structure for females in City of Greater Bendigo was ages 30 to 34, which accounted for 6.6% of the total females.

The largest increase in females between 2021 and 2026 is forecast to be in ages 0 to 4, which is expected to increase by 771 and account for 6.3% of the total females.

The largest female 5 year age group in 2026 is 30 to 34 years, with a total of 4,580 females.

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