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City of Whitehorse

Five year age groups

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In 2021, there were 70,290 people born overseas living in the City of Whitehorse, with largest age group being 35 to 39 year olds in 2021.

The Age Structure of the overseas born population in the City of Whitehorse provides key insights into the level of demand for age based services and facilities such as child care and language services. Overseas-born populations may have a quite different age profile to the general population, depending on when the main groups migrated. For instance in a student area they are likely to be younger, however an area which received a lot of post-war migration may have an older population.

Five year age groups present a classic age profile of the population. Each age group covers exactly five years, which enables direct comparison between each group.

To get a more complete picture the City of Whitehorse's overseas-born Age Structure should be viewed in conjunction with Household Types and Dwelling Types.

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Derived from the Census question:

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

Five year age groups
City of Whitehorse - born overseas20212016Change
Five year age groups (years)Number%City of Whitehorse - Total populationNumber%City of Whitehorse - Total population2016 to 2021
0 to 43420.54.66021.05.4-260
5 to 91,3451.95.61,2732.05.8+72
10 to 141,7992.65.71,5932.65.6+206
15 to 192,2693.25.92,8434.66.4-574
20 to 244,6876.77.55,8119.38.1-1,124
25 to 295,9428.57.06,43710.37.2-495
30 to 347,13710.26.96,58810.66.9+549
35 to 397,80111.17.25,3448.66.4+2,457
40 to 446,3409.06.64,7287.66.9+1,612
45 to 495,2387.56.84,2256.87.0+1,013
50 to 544,5246.46.64,0536.56.1+471
55 to 594,3316.25.73,7836.15.7+548
60 to 644,1675.95.33,5385.75.0+629
65 to 693,9785.74.73,3055.34.6+673
70 to 743,5035.04.32,5824.13.8+921
75 to 792,5873.73.42,2743.63.3+313
80 to 842,1613.12.91,7562.82.7+405
85 and over2,1393.03.21,6142.63.1+525
Total people70,290100.0100.062,349100.0100.0+7,941
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the five year age groups of the population born overseas in the City of Whitehorse in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Whitehorse shows that there was a lower proportion of people in the younger age groups (under 15) and a higher proportion of people in the older age groups (65+).

Overall, 5.0% of the population born overseas was aged between 0 and 14, and 20.4% were aged 65 years and over, compared with 15.9% and 18.5% respectively for the total population in the City of Whitehorse.

The major differences between the age structure of the population born overseas in the City of Whitehorse and the total population in the City of Whitehorse were:

  • A larger percentage of people aged 35 to 39 (11.1% compared to 7.2%)
  • A larger percentage of people aged 30 to 34 (10.2% compared to 6.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of people aged 0 to 4 (0.5% compared to 4.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of people aged 5 to 9 (1.9% compared to 5.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in age structure of the population born overseas in this area between 2016 and 2021 were in the age groups:

  • 35 to 39 (+2,457 persons)
  • 40 to 44 (+1,612 persons)
  • 20 to 24 (-1,124 persons)
  • 45 to 49 (+1,013 persons)

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