Age 65 and over The number of people of the traditional retirement age in Burnley, those aged 65 years and over, grew by 200 in Burnley between 2015-2016, from 15,800 to 16,000. This represents a change of +1.3% The country as a whole has a growing elderly population with the number of people over 65 growing within Great Britain at 1.7% between 2015-2016. People in this age bracket increased across all Pennine Lancashire borough’s in this time period. Date Valley West Britain Darwen area Burnley with Great Blackburn Hyndburn Pendle Ribble Rossendale North Lancashire LEP Year 2015 15,800 20,900 14,300 16,100 13,300 12,300 286,700 1,301,500 11,319,300 Year 2016 16,000 21,100 14,600 16,500 13,600 12,600 291,400 1,322,000 11,516,300 2015-2016 1.3 1.0 2.1 2.5 2.3 2.4 1.6 1.6 1.7 % change Graph 5 shows the change in the resident population of those aged 65 and over in Burnley over the last 10 years. Graph 5
Age 65 and over The number of people of the traditional retirement age in Burnley, those aged 65 years and over, grew by 200 in Burnley between 2015-2016, from 15,800 to 16,000. This represents a change of +1.3% The country as a whole has a growing elderly population with the number of people over 65 growing within Great Britain at 1.7% between 2015-2016. People in this age bracket increased across all Pennine Lancashire borough’s in this time period. Date Burnley Blackburn with Darwen Hyndburn Pendle Ribble Valley Rossendale Lancashire LEP area North West Great Britain Year 2015 15,800 20,900 14,300 16,100 13,300 12,300 286,700 1,301,500 11,319,300 Year 2016 16,000 21,100 14,600 16,500 13,600 12,600 291,400 1,322,000 11,516,300 2015-2016 % change 1.3 1.0 2.1 2.5 2.3 2.4 1.6 1.6 1.7 Graph 5 shows the change in the resident population of those aged 65 and over in Burnley over the last 10 years. Graph 5
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