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Rockhampton Regional CouncilPopulation forecast

Rockhampton Regional Council

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2031, the age structure forecasts for Rockhampton Regional Council indicate a 6.9% increase in population under working age, a 17.6% increase in population of retirement age, and a 4.6% 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 Rockhampton 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
Rockhampton Regional Council - Total persons202120312041Change between 2021 and 2041
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 45,1856.26,3447.17,0757.2+1,890
5 to 95,7987.06,1136.96,8627.0+1,064
10 to 146,0837.35,7896.56,7006.8+617
15 to 195,4406.55,8016.56,3146.4+874
20 to 245,3786.55,8886.66,3286.4+950
25 to 295,8057.06,2207.06,8617.0+1,056
30 to 345,7156.96,1246.96,8096.9+1,095
35 to 395,6576.85,8626.66,5166.6+860
40 to 444,8915.95,5296.26,1076.2+1,215
45 to 495,0066.05,4586.15,9036.0+897
50 to 544,8585.84,8845.55,4875.6+629
55 to 595,0716.14,7575.35,2205.3+149
60 to 644,8975.94,6145.24,8244.9-73
65 to 694,0184.84,4064.94,4154.5+397
70 to 743,4024.13,9624.43,9654.0+563
75 to 792,4553.03,0803.53,4823.5+1,026
80 to 841,8252.22,3082.62,7632.8+938
85 and over1,7122.12,0132.32,4722.5+760
Total persons83,196100.089,151100.098,102100.0+14,906
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 Rockhampton Regional Council was ages 10 to 14, which accounted for 7.3% of the total persons.

The largest increase in persons between 2021 and 2031 is forecast to be in ages 0 to 4, which is expected to increase by 1,159 and account for 7.1% of the total persons.

The largest 5 year age group in 2031 is 0 to 4 years, with a total of 6,344 persons.

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