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Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully

Service age groups

In 2021, Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully had lower proportion of children (under 18) and a lower proportion of persons aged 60 or older than the City of Greater Bendigo.

The Age Structure of Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully provides key insights into the level of demand for age based services and facilities such as child care. It is an indicator of Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully's residential role and function and how it is likely to change in the future.

Service age groups divide the population into age categories that reflect typical life-stages. They indicate the level of demand for services that target people at different stages in life and how that demand is changing.

To get a more complete picture Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully's Age Structure should be viewed in conjunction with Household Types and Dwelling Types.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's date of birth or age?'

Age structure - Service age groups
Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully - Total persons (Enumerated)20212011Change
Service age group (years)Number%City of Greater Bendigo %Number%City of Greater Bendigo %2011 to 2021
Babies and pre-schoolers (0 to 4)4965.25.96146.66.8-118
Primary schoolers (5 to 11)7397.79.07427.98.9-3
Secondary schoolers (12 to 17)8058.47.56897.48.3+116
Tertiary education and independence (18 to 24)1,18512.48.41,82019.510.3-636
Young workforce (25 to 34)1,26313.213.01,13512.211.9+127
Parents and homebuilders (35 to 49)1,72518.118.21,60317.219.5+122
Older workers and pre-retirees (50 to 59)1,11011.612.31,06711.413.1+43
Empty nesters and retirees (60 to 69)1,04811.011.97978.510.1+250
Seniors (70 to 84)9279.711.26547.08.8+272
Elderly aged (85 and over)2512.62.52192.32.3+32
Total9,549100.0100.09,344100.0100.0+205
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the service age groups of Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully in 2021 compared to the City of Greater Bendigo shows that there was a lower proportion of people in the younger age groups (0 to 17 years) as well as a lower proportion of people in the older age groups (60+ years).

Overall, 21.4% of the population was aged between 0 and 17, and 23.3% were aged 60 years and over, compared with 22.3% and 25.7% respectively for the City of Greater Bendigo.

The major differences between the age structure of Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully and the City of Greater Bendigo were:

  • A larger percentage of 'Tertiary education & independence' (12.4% compared to 8.4%)
  • A larger percentage of 'Secondary schoolers' (8.4% compared to 7.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of 'Seniors' (9.7% compared to 11.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of 'Primary schoolers' (7.7% compared to 9.0%)

Emerging groups

From 2011 to 2021, Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully's population increased by 205 people (2.2%). This represents an average annual population change of 0.22% per year over the period.

The largest changes in the age structure in this area between 2011 and 2021 were in the age groups:

  • Tertiary education and independence (18 to 24) (-636 people)
  • Seniors (70 to 84) (+272 people)
  • Empty nesters and retirees (60 to 69) (+250 people)
  • Young workforce (25 to 34) (+127 people)

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