Darwin was the youngest city and had the highest disparity between numbers of men and women
Areas where females outnumber males the most tend to be higher socioeconomic areas where people live longest, ABS demographer Andrew Howe says.Areas where females outnumber males the most tend to be higher socioeconomic areas where people live longest, ABS demographer Andrew Howe says.
While Darwin had the youngest capital city population with a median age of 34.6, it was also the only capital city where men outnumbered women, with 104.7 men for every 100 women.“Across the country we’ve got 99 males for every 100 females,” said Andrew Howe, a demographer at the ABS. Adelaide had the oldest median age at 39.2 years, followed by Hobart at 38.9 years. Hobart and Adelaide also had the lowest male-to-female ratios of all capitals, with Hobart home to 95.6 males per 100 females and Adelaide home to 96 males per 100 females.
Western Australia’s East Pilbara region had 274.2 men for every 100 women – a direct effect of its massive mining industry.But while the male-skewed population of Wacol in Brisbane – 278.1 men for every 100 women – and Chidlow in Perth could be explained by their local prisons, some suburbs’ population patterns were down to more subtle forces.
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