Committee Reports::Report No. 04 - Community Employment Policy::27 June, 1984::Appendix

APPENDIX 3

Demographic Trends, 1961-91


 

Annual average growth rate Population aged

Population aged 15-24 as proportion of population aged 15 and over

 

15 and over

15-24

 

 

 

 

 

1961

20.2

1961-66

0.4

2.6

1966

22.4

1966-71

0.6

1.7

1971

23.6

1971-75

1.7

2.5

1975

24.3

1975-77

1.6

2.3

1977

24.6

1977-79

1.6

2.3

1979

25.0

1979-81

1.4

2.1

1981

25.1

Projected

 

 

 

 

1981-86

1.1

0.5

1986

24.5

1986-91

1.3

0.6

1991

23.7

Source: Sexton (1983) and Blackwell and McGregor (1982).