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Hume CityPopulation forecast

Hume City

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2031, the age structure forecasts for Hume City indicate a 27.2% increase in population under working age, a 41.8% increase in population of retirement age, and a 25.6% 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 Hume City 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
Hume City - Total persons202120312041Change between 2021 and 2041
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 419,4327.924,3547.728,2477.3+8,815
5 to 919,2557.824,3207.728,9717.4+9,716
10 to 1417,3227.022,5577.228,3007.3+10,978
15 to 1915,4566.320,8496.626,3736.8+10,917
20 to 2417,0406.920,1946.424,9466.4+7,906
25 to 2919,4217.922,1927.026,6776.9+7,256
30 to 3421,8718.925,6898.229,9617.7+8,090
35 to 3920,8848.526,7238.531,4438.1+10,559
40 to 4416,5786.724,1407.729,1327.5+12,554
45 to 4914,4445.920,7976.626,4476.8+12,003
50 to 5414,4275.817,4835.523,9216.2+9,494
55 to 5913,5375.515,1004.820,4845.3+6,947
60 to 6411,1174.513,7584.416,8234.3+5,706
65 to 698,7993.611,7893.713,8183.6+5,019
70 to 747,1922.99,2122.911,6663.0+4,474
75 to 794,7961.96,7862.29,2352.4+4,439
80 to 842,9301.24,8841.56,5461.7+3,616
85 and over2,3491.04,3011.45,8991.5+3,550
Total persons246,850100.0315,128100.0388,891100.0+142,041
Source: Population and household forecasts, 2021 to 2041, prepared by .id (informed decisions), May 2023.

Key findings

In 2021, the dominant age structure for persons in Hume City was ages 30 to 34, which accounted for 8.9% 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 7,562 and account for 7.7% of the total persons.

The largest 5 year age group in 2031 is 35 to 39 years, with a total of 26,723 persons.

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