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City of BoroondaraPopulation forecast

Hawthorn

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2026, the age structure forecasts for Hawthorn indicate a 12.2% increase in females under working age, a 13.3% increase in females of retirement age, and a 16.2% 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 Boroondara 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
Hawthorn - Total females202120262041Change between 2021 and 2041
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 44453.85333.96043.9+160
5 to 94353.74653.45463.5+111
10 to 145074.35584.16173.9+110
15 to 196395.49016.69696.2+330
20 to 241,1229.51,51511.21,70510.9+583
25 to 291,37711.71,67312.31,93512.4+558
30 to 341,20810.31,2529.21,4899.5+282
35 to 399077.79116.71,0256.6+119
40 to 447936.78946.69416.0+148
45 to 496985.98176.08925.7+194
50 to 546855.87205.38535.5+169
55 to 596085.26825.08135.2+205
60 to 645424.66014.47314.7+190
65 to 694824.15353.96464.1+164
70 to 745044.34813.56053.9+102
75 to 793663.14513.35063.2+140
80 to 842101.83022.23842.5+174
85 and over2402.02722.03682.4+128
Total persons11,766100.013,563100.015,629100.0+3,864
Source: Population and household forecasts, 2021 to 2041, prepared by .id (informed decisions), November 2022.

Key findings

In 2021, the dominant age structure for females in Hawthorn was ages 25 to 29, which accounted for 11.7% of the total females.

The largest increase in females between 2021 and 2026 is forecast to be in ages 20 to 24, which is expected to increase by 393 and account for 11.2% of the total females.

The largest female 5 year age group in 2026 is 25 to 29 years, with a total of 1,673 females.

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