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I’m sorry, I misunderstood! You are right in thinking I wasn’t referring to their age, btw. I agree they all fit an age demographic, but that’s hardly relevant compared to the social statuses Dahl has created for them.
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I mean, one of them was German, and other than that it appeared to be a mix of British and American kids. >

Exactly. Put some respect on our bilingual king Augustus Gloop’s name OP! 🍫🇩🇪 >

Fun fact! Did you know the actress who played his mother (Save some room for later!) was in a porn right around that time? >

I didn't believe you, so I checked.  This appears to be true! >

I mean Michael Scott tried this and all the tickets went to the same company. >

Omg maybe that episode was really just to shine light on the fact that there is a reason that all the tickets wound up going to the same demographic >

Not really sure I’d consider Charlie Bucket and Veruca Salt as the same demographic. >

Presumably old mate got confused between demographic and age bracket >

Age is a demographic btw >

Ok. In the story, only Augustus Gloop and Mike Teavee are the same age (9), everyone else is a different age.
But why is it surprising that the main characters of a Roald Dahl Story are children? That’s kind of the point of all his children’s novels. 
There is also almost always an element of magic, or at least the unexplained-possibly-paranormal in his books. In the novel, adults around the world searched like crazy for those tickets, but of course Wonka knows children will be the recipients because his factory, and indeed his candies, are made for children, and their imaginations. The tickets themselves were intended for children, never an adult.
The real convenience of it all lies in the the book being written for a target audience, and that audience is children… therefore, characters they relate to. >

I wasn’t inherently disagreeing with you (I was responding to the person above who assumed you didn’t think age is a demographic), you can narrow the age demographic to whatever you want. I’d consider “children” to be a general age demographic, but if you want to split it up, that’s fair. 
Until your response, I didn’t think you were referring to their age, but other points of their demographic profile (SES, culture, location, etc).