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Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional CouncilPopulation forecast

Googong

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2031, the age structure forecasts for Googong indicate a 85.0% increase in females under working age, a 144.7% increase in females of retirement age, and a 104.9% 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 Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional 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
Googong - Total females202120312041Change between 2021 and 2041
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 441711.26238.38237.5+406
5 to 93469.36628.88998.2+553
10 to 142586.96048.08327.6+574
15 to 191724.63965.35975.4+425
20 to 241574.22963.94203.8+263
25 to 293088.35237.06866.2+378
30 to 3446612.574810.09879.0+521
35 to 3940010.781510.91,10810.1+708
40 to 443038.17229.61,0079.2+704
45 to 492356.35827.78998.2+664
50 to 541985.34445.97446.8+546
55 to 591664.53464.66015.5+435
60 to 641012.72643.54624.2+361
65 to 69852.31972.63423.1+257
70 to 74481.31181.62432.2+195
75 to 79330.9781.01561.4+123
80 to 84310.8520.71000.9+69
85 and over20.1420.6750.7+73
Total persons3,726100.07,513100.010,981100.0+7,255
Source: Population and household forecasts, 2021 to 2041, prepared by .id (informed decisions), March 2023.

Key findings

In 2021, the dominant age structure for females in Googong was ages 30 to 34, which accounted for 12.5% of the total females.

The largest increase in females between 2021 and 2031 is forecast to be in ages 40 to 44, which is expected to increase by 419 and account for 9.6% of the total females.

The largest female 5 year age group in 2031 is 35 to 39 years, with a total of 815 females.

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