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City of RydePopulation forecast

Macquarie Park

Population and age structure

Between 2021 and 2026, the age structure forecasts for Macquarie Park indicate a 110.5% increase in males under working age, a 76.5% increase in males of retirement age, and a 94.3% increase in males 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 the City of Ryde 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
Macquarie Park - Total males202120262041Change between 2021 and 2041
Age group (years)Number%Number%Number%Number
0 to 43676.78608.01,4648.1+1,097
5 to 92394.33873.69965.5+757
10 to 141051.92502.36403.6+535
15 to 192815.16315.91,0415.8+760
20 to 2478014.21,47513.71,90910.6+1,129
25 to 2985915.61,89717.62,32512.9+1,466
30 to 3495117.31,90117.72,61414.5+1,664
35 to 3975313.71,27311.82,17412.1+1,420
40 to 443296.06586.11,4458.0+1,116
45 to 491793.23253.01,0225.7+844
50 to 541222.21891.86523.6+530
55 to 591102.01441.34272.4+317
60 to 64761.41341.22781.5+202
65 to 69871.61071.02231.2+137
70 to 74661.21151.11931.1+126
75 to 79510.91421.32081.2+157
80 to 84250.5880.81660.9+141
85 and over1292.31801.72411.3+112
Total persons5,509100.010,756100.018,019100.0+12,510
Source: Population and household forecasts, 2021 to 2041, prepared by .id (informed decisions), March 2023.

Key findings

In 2021, the dominant age structure for males in Macquarie Park was ages 30 to 34, which accounted for 17.3% of the total males.

The largest increase in males between 2021 and 2026 is forecast to be in ages 25 to 29, which is expected to increase by 1,038 and account for 17.6% of the total males.

The largest male 5 year age group in 2026 is 30 to 34 years, with a total of 1,901 males.

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