Analysis of the five year age groups of Cairns (R) in 2021 compared to FNQROC region shows that there was a higher proportion of people in the younger age groups (under 15) and a lower proportion of people in the older age groups (65+).
Overall, 18.7% of the population was aged between 0 and 15, and 16.5% were aged 65 years and over, compared with 17.6% and 20.0% respectively for FNQROC region.
The major differences between the age structure of Cairns (R) and FNQROC region were:
- A larger percentage of persons aged 40 to 44 (6.7% compared to 6.0%)
- A smaller percentage of persons aged 65 to 69 (5.5% compared to 6.7%)
- A smaller percentage of persons aged 70 to 74 (4.7% compared to 5.7%)
- A smaller percentage of persons aged 60 to 64 (6.2% compared to 7.2%)