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Moorabool ShirePopulation forecast

Moorabool Shire

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2024, the age structure forecasts for Moorabool Shire indicate a 4.6% increase in population under working age, a 9.9% increase in population of retirement age, and a 6.2% 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 Moorabool Shire 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
Moorabool Shire - Total persons202120242029Change between 2021 and 2029
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 42,4176.42,6876.73,3237.1+906
5 to 92,6106.92,6656.63,2306.9+620
10 to 142,7147.22,7436.83,1176.7+403
15 to 192,1905.82,4386.02,7145.8+524
20 to 241,9405.12,0425.12,4765.3+536
25 to 292,3206.12,4616.12,8856.2+565
30 to 342,5736.82,8447.13,4157.3+842
35 to 392,6397.02,9047.23,5627.6+923
40 to 442,5226.72,7786.93,4017.3+880
45 to 492,4976.62,5176.22,9996.4+502
50 to 542,5876.82,6196.52,6405.6+53
55 to 592,4156.42,3705.92,5745.5+159
60 to 642,1825.82,3665.92,3565.0+174
65 to 692,0035.32,0515.12,3675.1+364
70 to 741,8434.91,8954.72,0964.5+253
75 to 791,1813.11,4923.71,7323.7+552
80 to 846291.78112.01,1652.5+536
85 and over6291.76561.68081.7+179
Total persons37,890100.040,339100.046,861100.0+8,971
Source: Population and household forecasts, 2021 to 2041, prepared by .id (informed decisions), February 2023.

Key findings

In 2021, the dominant age structure for persons in Moorabool Shire was ages 10 to 14, which accounted for 7.2% of the total persons.

The largest increase in persons between 2021 and 2024 is forecast to be in ages 75 to 79, which is expected to increase by 312 and account for 3.7% of the total persons.

The largest 5 year age group in 2024 is 35 to 39 years, with a total of 2,904 persons.

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