Analysis of the five year age groups of Douglas (S) in 2021 compared to FNQROC region 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, 15.0% of the population was aged between 0 and 15, and 20.9% were aged 65 years and over, compared with 18.3% and 18.4% respectively for FNQROC region.
The major differences between the age structure of Douglas (S) and FNQROC region were:
- A larger percentage of persons aged 65 to 69 (7.5% compared to 6.0%)
- A larger percentage of persons aged 55 to 59 (8.4% compared to 7.0%)
- A smaller percentage of persons aged 15 to 19 (4.4% compared to 5.9%)
- A smaller percentage of persons aged 10 to 14 (5.4% compared to 6.8%)