Table 7 - The Elderly Population by 5 year Age Groups and Sex, 1984, 1992 & 2001
  1984 1992 2001
Age Groups Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
55-59 93 96 189 129 127 256 166 157 323
60-64 84 105 189 100 124 224 144 160 304
65-69 117 132 249 108 121 229 159 129 288
70-74 101 137 238 104 112 216 82 129 211
75-79 55 80 135 83 101 184 65 90 155
80-84 19 47 66 50 58 108 52 50 102
85-89 17 17 34 11 36 47 31 48 79
90 & over 5 20 25 6 21 27 17 20 37
55 & over         491         634      1,125 591 700      1,291 716 783      1,499
Total Population      3,256      3,424      6,680      4,473      4,487      8,960      5,628      5,802    11,430
                   
% 55 & over of population 15.1% 18.5% 16.8% 13.2% 15.6% 14.4% 12.7% 13.5% 13.1%
Percentage Distribution of Total Population
  1984 1992 2001
Age Groups Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
55-59 18.9% 15.1% 16.8% 21.8% 18.1% 19.8% 23.2% 20.1% 21.5%
60-64 17.1% 16.6% 16.8% 16.9% 17.7% 17.4% 20.1% 20.4% 20.3%
65-69 23.8% 20.8% 22.1% 18.3% 17.3% 17.7% 22.2% 16.5% 19.2%
70-74 20.6% 21.6% 21.2% 17.6% 16.0% 16.7% 11.5% 16.5% 14.1%
75-79 11.2% 12.6% 12.0% 14.0% 14.4% 14.3% 9.1% 11.5% 10.3%
80-84 3.9% 7.4% 5.9% 8.5% 8.3% 8.4% 7.3% 6.4% 6.8%
85-89 3.5% 2.7% 3.0% 1.9% 5.1% 3.6% 4.3% 6.1% 5.3%
90 & over 1.0% 3.2% 2.2% 1.0% 3.0% 2.1% 2.4% 2.6% 2.5%
55 & over 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%