population structure of bristol

• bristol has a young age profile with more children aged 0-15 than aged 65 and over
• the median age of people living in bristol on 2015 was 33.1 years old comparing to england and wales 39.9 years
• 1 in every 5 people in bristol are under 16
• bristol has a much higher proportion of working aged people (16-64) than nationally 68% of the total population in bristol compared to 63% in england and wales
• 1 in every 7 people living in bristol are aged 65 and over and there are 9,100 people living in bristol aged 85 and over
• between 2005 and 2015 the number of children in bristol increased by 16%
• the growth of the number of under 5s in the last decade is 7100 and is the 4th nationally
• the working age population in bristol has increased by 10% since 2005
• the greatest increase was in the 20-34 year olds which increased by 17% and this age group alone accounted for 68% of the total increase of working aged pooulation
• overall between 2005-2015 the number of older people aged 65 and over increased by 6%, much lower than england and wales 21% increase