Glenn Connley

Hobart is now, officially, the oldest capital city in Australia.

And, after three elections in five years (to achieve the same result), they probably feel it.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released this year’s Median Age and Sex Ratio data.

It reveals that Hobart’s median age is 39.3 years, which places it ahead of Adelaide (39.2) at the top of the nation’s age table.

Darwin is the youngest capital city (median age of 34.8 years), ahead of Canberra (35.7).

But that’s nothing compared to the more granular breakdown, which has the retirement seaside community of Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest, just north of Newcastle in NSW, as the oldest in the country, with a median age of 66.5.

The Canberra suburb of Acton, which is populated by ANU students, is the youngest in the nation, with a median age of just 21.1 years.

Darwin is the only capital city with more men than women, with 105 blokes for every 100 women.

Every other capital is home to more females than males, with Hobart (95.2 men for every 100 women) and Adelaide (96/100) the most lop-sided ratios.