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1.5. Development of the age group 65+ 6
Generally, the project YURA aims to develop a strategy for young people. The development of
the age group of elderly people, however, will have an enormous impact on society and thus on
the conditions of the development and chances of young people. For this reason, the
development of retired people will be examined in more detail in the following section.
In 2050, the share of people over 65 years will have increased from the – in historical and
international comparison enormous number of 18,93% – to more than 30%. If one assumed
that the current employment age remained the same, there would be already 75 people under
employment age for every 100 people at employment age (in comparison to currently 47). The
highest share of elderly people will be in the region Upper Styria West with 34,66% and in the
region South-East Styria with 34,67%, but also in all other regions the share will be rather high
with 32% and 33%.
Only in the Styrian central region, the number of elderly people will be considerably low with
around 27%. This means that the regions, in particular the districts outside of the Styrian
central region, will have to cover considerably higher expenditures for elderly people and thus
less budget will be available for other activities such as youth welfare activities.
With regard to the districts in 2050, the greatest ageing of the population will be in the districts
Radkersburg with 37%, in Murau and Mürzzuschlag with 35% each. The districts
Deutschlandsberg and Leibnitz in the region South-West Styria will also have a rather high
share of elderly people with 32% and 31%, respectively.
Development age group 65+
Age group 65+ in
2012
Share of the total
population
Age group 65+ in
2050
Share of the total
population
Styria 229.609 18,93% 387.131 30,44%
Regions
South-West Styria 24.372 17,63% 47.388 32,02%
East-Styria 31.087 17,53% 59.234 32,90%
Styrian central region 80.639 17,50% 145.619 26,97%
South-East Styria 16.757 18,71% 31.318 34,67%
Upper Styria East 38.890 23,59% 47.493 32,09%
Upper Styria West 21.678 21,04% 31.130 34,66%
Liezen 16.186 20,37% 24.949 33,07%
6 Source Landesstatistik Steiermark and own calculations
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This project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co -financed by the ERDF