Just the Facts: Ever more youthful

In 2009, the median age in the city was 24 (half of the city’s population is younger than the median age, and half is older).

By MICHAL KORACH
Jerusalem City stats _521 (photo credit: Courtesy)
Jerusalem City stats _521
(photo credit: Courtesy)
Jerusalem’s population is particularly youthful. In 2009, the median age in the city was 24 (half of the city’s population is younger than the median age, and half is older). By way of comparison, Tel Aviv and Haifa residents are significantly older, with a median age of 34 and 38, respectively. The national median age for 2009 was 29.
Jerusalem’s population is so exceptionally young because it has a relatively high percentage of children, in addition to its having an unusually low percentage of seniors (age 65+). Almost half (42%) of Jerusalem’s population is 18 and under, and 8% are 65 and older.
Of Jerusalem’s non-haredi Jewish neighborhoods, the youngest median ages per neighborhood were recorded in Har Homa (21), Givat Mordechai (23) and French Hill (26). Conversely, the highest neighborhood median ages were recorded in Kiryat Wolfson (68), Nayot, Neveh Granot and Naveh Sha’anan (47) and Talbiyeh (45).
Among Jerusalem’s haredi neighborhoods, the lowest neighborhood median ages were recorded in Kiryat Kaminitz in Neveh Ya’acov (15), Ramat Shlomo (16), Mea She’arim and Batei Ungarn (16). The highest neighborhood median ages were found in Sha’arei Hessed (25), Har Nof, Bayit Vagan (20) and the central neighborhoods of Knesset Yisrael and Batei Broida (31).
A similar study of Arab neighborhoods could not be performed for lack of available data.
The non-haredi localities surrounding Jerusalem had a higher median age than in Jerusalem, while localities surrounding Jerusalem with large haredi populations had a lower median age than in Jerusalem.
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