With more than 50 suburbs and townships, the population is forecast to grow to 396,388 by 2041.
According
to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2021 Census of Population and Housing, our largest age group, at 18.9 percent, is parents and homebuilders (35 to 49 years of age), with young workforce (25 to 34 years of age) the next largest group at 14.1 percent.
Old workers and pre-retirees (50 to 59 years of age), empty nesters and retirees (60 to 69 years old) and seniors (70 to 84 years of age), follow closely (11.9, 11.7 and 11.4 percent respectively).
Approximately 77.6 percent of
the community are Australian born, with the United Kingdom, India, New Zealand, Philippines, Italy and China the main birthplaces outside Australia. Other than English, the
most common languages spoken at home include Punjabi, Italian and Croatian.
Couples
with children made up 27.3 percent of households, with a further 26.6 percent
being made up of couples without children. Lone person households made up 26.5 percent and one parent families making up 10.2 percent.
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