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Cessnock City CouncilPopulation forecast

Cessnock City Council

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2031, the age structure forecasts for Cessnock City Council indicate a 29.0% increase in males under working age, a 32.2% increase in males of retirement age, and a 25.0% 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 Cessnock City 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
Cessnock City Council - Total males202120312041Change between 2021 and 2041
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 42,2887.02,9587.23,5457.1+1,257
5 to 92,2957.12,9977.33,6497.3+1,355
10 to 142,2096.82,8066.83,4646.9+1,255
15 to 191,9756.12,4826.03,0856.1+1,110
20 to 242,0356.32,6056.33,1176.2+1,082
25 to 292,4357.53,0427.43,6147.2+1,179
30 to 342,3247.13,1637.73,8237.6+1,499
35 to 392,1726.72,9847.23,6547.3+1,482
40 to 441,9265.92,5536.23,2486.5+1,322
45 to 491,9265.92,2975.62,9285.8+1,001
50 to 542,0366.32,2125.42,7365.4+700
55 to 591,8735.82,2655.52,6615.3+788
60 to 641,9325.92,1855.32,4804.9+548
65 to 691,7125.31,9204.72,3134.6+601
70 to 741,5384.71,7694.32,0584.1+520
75 to 799362.91,3243.21,5633.1+627
80 to 844921.51,0192.51,2722.5+780
85 and over4081.36911.71,0162.0+608
Total persons32,513100.041,273100.050,226100.0+17,713
Source: Population and household forecasts, 2021 to 2041, prepared by .id (informed decisions), March 2023.

Key findings

In 2021, the dominant age structure for males in Cessnock City Council was ages 25 to 29, which accounted for 7.5% of the total males.

The largest increase in males between 2021 and 2031 is forecast to be in ages 30 to 34, which is expected to increase by 839 and account for 7.7% of the total males.

The largest male 5 year age group in 2031 is 30 to 34 years, with a total of 3,163 males.

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