Analysis of the five year age groups of SSROC region in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a lower proportion of people in the younger age groups (under 15) and a similar proportion of people in the older age groups (65+).
Overall, 15.6% of the population was aged between 0 and 15, and 15.1% were aged 65 years and over, compared with 18.4% and 15.2% respectively for Greater Sydney.
The major differences between the age structure of SSROC region and Greater Sydney were:
- A larger percentage of persons aged 25 to 29 (9.3% compared to 7.5%)
- A larger percentage of persons aged 30 to 34 (9.5% compared to 8.0%)
- A smaller percentage of persons aged 5 to 9 (5.2% compared to 6.3%)
- A smaller percentage of persons aged 10 to 14 (5.1% compared to 6.2%)