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City of Greater BendigoPopulation forecast

City of Greater Bendigo

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2035, the age structure forecasts for City of Greater Bendigo indicate a 30.8% increase in males under working age, a 22.0% increase in males of retirement age, and a 22.6% increase in males 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 males202120352036Change between 2021 and 2036
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 43,6916.35,2437.25,3117.1+1,620
5 to 94,0316.85,2367.15,3127.1+1,281
10 to 144,1627.05,0716.95,1907.0+1,028
15 to 193,5456.04,5466.24,6056.2+1,060
20 to 243,6786.24,4246.04,4636.0+786
25 to 293,9266.64,5656.24,6156.2+689
30 to 343,8306.54,7366.54,7956.4+965
35 to 393,6786.24,6916.44,7556.4+1,078
40 to 443,3095.64,4926.14,5556.1+1,246
45 to 493,5196.04,4586.14,5206.1+1,001
50 to 543,5686.04,3155.94,4065.9+839
55 to 593,5666.04,0845.64,1575.6+591
60 to 643,5656.04,0635.54,0715.5+506
65 to 693,3175.63,7685.13,8625.2+546
70 to 743,0275.13,5054.83,4924.7+465
75 to 792,0493.52,7683.82,8553.8+806
80 to 841,4132.41,9282.61,9522.6+539
85 and over1,1642.01,4091.91,4411.9+277
Total persons59,037100.073,301100.074,358100.0+15,321
Source: Population and household forecasts, 2021 to 2036, prepared by .id (informed decisions), February 2023.

Key findings

In 2021, the dominant age structure for males in City of Greater Bendigo was ages 10 to 14, which accounted for 7.0% of the total males.

The largest increase in males between 2021 and 2035 is forecast to be in ages 0 to 4, which is expected to increase by 1,552 and account for 7.2% of the total males.

The largest male 5 year age group in 2035 is 0 to 4 years, with a total of 5,243 males.

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