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Camden CouncilPopulation forecast

Camden Council

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2031, the age structure forecasts for Camden Council indicate a 40.8% increase in population under working age, a 56.2% increase in population of retirement age, and a 36.0% 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 Camden Council 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
Camden Council - Total persons202120312046Change between 2021 and 2046
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 411,3629.514,6938.822,0878.6+10,725
5 to 910,0368.415,1219.121,7488.5+11,712
10 to 148,9657.512,9327.818,6517.3+9,686
15 to 197,4786.311,0476.616,0326.2+8,554
20 to 247,0775.99,9306.014,4705.6+7,393
25 to 298,9077.59,6775.815,6736.1+6,766
30 to 3410,8889.112,2397.420,1107.8+9,221
35 to 3910,4138.714,2838.622,4728.7+12,059
40 to 448,3237.014,2698.620,8548.1+12,531
45 to 497,8056.512,0537.318,0897.0+10,284
50 to 546,3565.38,8975.414,9255.8+8,569
55 to 595,4984.67,2464.412,2054.7+6,708
60 to 644,7143.95,7283.49,9243.9+5,210
65 to 693,8103.25,0073.07,4482.9+3,638
70 to 743,2532.74,5232.76,7572.6+3,504
75 to 792,0411.73,6502.25,6602.2+3,619
80 to 841,3001.12,7231.64,4871.7+3,187
85 and over1,1361.02,1281.35,5802.2+4,443
Total persons119,362100.0166,145100.0257,172100.0+137,810
Source: Population and household forecasts, 2021 to 2046, prepared by .id (informed decisions), May 2024.

Key findings

In 2021, the dominant age structure for persons in Camden Council was ages 0 to 4, which accounted for 9.5% of the total persons.

The largest increase in persons between 2021 and 2031 is forecast to be in ages 40 to 44, which is expected to increase by 5,946 and account for 8.6% of the total persons.

The largest 5 year age group in 2031 is 5 to 9 years, with a total of 15,121 persons.

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