article_snippet: A seaside town  and a London borough are bucking a nationwide trend of ageing which will see the average age of the population hit A seaside town  and a London borough forties by 2037.
article_snippet: Towns and cities across the country are getting older, thanks to people living longer, with half of those born after 2007 expected to live to over 100.
article_snippet: While the average age of the population will be 43 in 2037, up from 36 in 1992, the the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and the seaside town of Bournemouth in Dorset, populations are getting younger.
article_snippet: In Barking, the average age is set to drop from 34 to 33.4 during the 45 year period- thanks to rising birth rates and the influx of young Londoners with families looking to get on the housing ladder.
article_snippet: The county of Dorset has one of the oldest populations in the UK - Christchurch where almost 31 per cent of the population are pensioners- and one of the few places where the population is getting younger - Bournemouth where the age is due to drop from 41.3 to 41.
article_snippet: Bournemouth (pictured) is one of only two places in the UK where the age of the population is due to drop by 2037 .
article_snippet: Britain's towns and cities are getting older as a national trend of ageing is set to put the UK's average age at 43 .
article_snippet: The oldest parts towns and cities in Britain will be Rother in Sussex, and north Norfolk, where the median age will exceed 57 by 2037.
article_snippet: In contrast, the areas of the UK which are slowest to age include Southampton, Bristol, Nottingham and Norwich.
highlights_snippet: But in London the average age in Barking will have dropped from 34 to 33.4 .
  
highlights_snippet: The seaside town of Bournemouth population will decrease from 41.3 to 41 .
  
highlights_snippet: Town with the oldest population in the UK is Christchurch in Dorset .