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Cumberland City CouncilPopulation forecast

Merrylands - Holroyd

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2026, the age structure forecasts for Merrylands - Holroyd indicate a 20.8% increase in females under working age, a 23.1% increase in females of retirement age, and a 22.6% 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 Cumberland 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
Merrylands - Holroyd - Total females202120262036Change between 2021 and 2036
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 41,3618.31,7148.51,8058.1+444
5 to 91,1547.01,3516.71,5186.8+365
10 to 141,0206.21,2046.01,3356.0+315
15 to 199185.61,2456.21,3356.0+417
20 to 241,1817.21,5177.51,6377.3+456
25 to 291,4919.01,9109.51,9388.7+447
30 to 341,5429.31,8479.21,8848.4+343
35 to 391,3558.21,5937.91,6667.5+312
40 to 441,0326.31,3306.61,4166.3+384
45 to 499105.51,1065.51,3125.9+402
50 to 549245.61,0235.11,2505.6+327
55 to 599355.71,0285.11,1415.1+206
60 to 647644.69504.71,0234.6+259
65 to 696503.97433.79124.1+262
70 to 744352.66063.07883.5+353
75 to 793442.14132.06072.7+263
80 to 842231.42991.54482.0+225
85 and over2511.52811.43501.6+99
Total persons16,489100.020,160100.022,365100.0+5,876
Source: Population and household forecasts, 2021 to 2036, prepared by .id (informed decisions), March 2023.

Key findings

In 2021, the dominant age structure for females in Merrylands - Holroyd was ages 30 to 34, which accounted for 9.3% of the total females.

The largest increase in females between 2021 and 2026 is forecast to be in ages 25 to 29, which is expected to increase by 419 and account for 9.5% of the total females.

The largest female 5 year age group in 2026 is 25 to 29 years, with a total of 1,910 females.

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