article_snippet: By 2037, a quarter of all residents in the borough will be under 16 years old.
article_snippet: The past decade has seen an influx of young professionals and migrants to the seaside town.
article_snippet: It will mean there will be fewer than one in seven will be under 16 by 2037.
article_snippet: Inverclyde's population will age by 5.3 years while Clackmannanshire, the third fastest ageing location, will increase from a median of 35.4 to 49.5.
article_snippet: Experts are now warning that the rapidly ageing populations in rural Scotland could mean services such as doctors and schools come under threat.
article_snippet: Professor Robert Wright, a population expert at Strathclyde University, told The Independent: . '
article_snippet: The issue is that depopulation and rapid population ageing of more-remote regions means that it will become too expensive to provide services needed by an ageing population.
article_snippet: Basically, people will need to move to receive people.'
highlights_snippet: General population trend will normally see average age increase by 2037 .
  
highlights_snippet: Within 45 years, population in Inverclyde will age by 5.3 years to 51.2 .
  