Metro Region 2016 population 73,000 EXPECTED INCREASE 70,000–85,000 INCREASE Population by age Households by type Figure 2 Source: ABS Estimated Residential Population 2016 Figure 3 Source: DELWP 2017, ABS Census 2016 75 years Couple with children in 2016 and over 22,000 households 60 to 13% of total (metro average 33%) 74 years Couple without children in 2016 45 to 44,000 households 59 years 26% of total (metro average 25%) 30 to 44 years Lone person in 2016 62,000 households 15 to 29 years 38% of (metro average 24%) 0 to One-parent family in 2016 14 10,000 households 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 6% of total (metro average 11%) Age groups expecting the greatest change over the next 5 years: Household types expecting the greatest change over the next 5 years: of Southern Cross station Port Melbourne group of redevelopment becomes the post- war migrants New completed ahead of centre of arrive at Station West Gate Bridge Melbourne the Commonwealth Australia’s wartime Pier, Port opens to traffic Museum Games aircraft production Melbourne 1939–1945 1947 1978 1998 2006 1940 1956 1981 2002 2015 CBD free All of tram zone Melbourne’s Melbourne City loop Federation created the Olympic construction Square opens tram lines complete Games is completed
Metro Region 2016 population 73,000 EXPECTED INCREASE INCREASE 70,000–85,000 Population by age Households by type Figure 2 Source: ABS Estimated Residential Population 2016 75 years and over 60 to 74 years 45 to 59 years 30 to 44 years 15 to 29 years 0 to 14 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% Figure 3 Source: DELWP 2017, ABS Census 2016 Couple with children in 2016 22,000 households 13% of total (metro average 33%) Couple without children in 2016 44,000 households 26% of total (metro average 25%) Lone person in 2016 62,000 households 38% of (metro average 24%) One-parent family in 2016 10,000 households 6% of total (metro average 11%) Age groups expecting the greatest change over the next 5 years: Household types expecting the greatest change over the next 5 years: Port Melbourne becomes the centre of Australia’s wartime aircraft production group of post- war migrants arrive at Station Pier, Port Melbourne West Gate Bridge opens to traffic New Melbourne Museum of Southern Cross station redevelopment completed ahead of the Commonwealth Games 1939–1945 1947 1978 1998 2006 1940 1956 1981 2002 2015 All of Melbourne’s tram lines complete Melbourne the Olympic Games City loop construction is completed Federation Square opens CBD free tram zone created
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