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Marrickville Local Government Area Health ProfileFigure 3: Marrickville LGA projected population age groups 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 and 203140,00035,000Population number30,00025,00020,00015,00010,0000 - 4 years5 - 14 years15 - 24 years25 - 44 years45 - 64 years65 - 84 years85 years+5,00002006201120162021202620312036Age groupsSource: NSW Health Population Projection Series 1, 2009Concurrent with population growth are proposed increases in the number of local homes andjobs. The NSW Government’s Metropolitan Strategy, South Subregion, Draft Subregional Strategy has set atarget of an additional 4,150 local dwellings in the Marrickville LGA in the years 2004 – 2031 anda target of 28,500 local jobs by 3031, an increase of 500 from 2001. 32.2 BIRTHS AND MATERNAL HEALTHTable 3 and Figure 4 show the number of births to Marrickville LGA residents in the period2006 - 2011. The annual number of births has fluctuated between 2006 and 2011 but shows anoverall increase. The fertility rate has increased steadily between 2006 and 2010 and thendecreased in 2011, although it was consistently lower than that for NSW.Table 3: Births to Marrickville LGA Residents and Fertility Rate 2006 - 2011Year Marrickville births Marrickville totalfertility rateNSW total fertilityrate2006 1,170 1.45 1.792007 1,231 1.48 1.812008 1,335 1.54 1.852009 1,270 1.58 1.872010 1,396 1.63 1.902011 1,279 1.59 1.91Source: ABS 2011 Catalogue No. 330010DO004_20113NSW Government Metropolitan Strategy, South Subregion, Draft Subregional Strategy. Available athttp://www.metrostrategy.nsw.gov.au/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=xII8fmMisiA%3d&tabid=65Inner West Sydney Medicare Local and Sydney Local Health District Page 5Marrickville Local Government AreaPopulation Health LGA/SLA Profile v1.1 March 2013