Out-migration is the number of people who move out of the area each year. It covers moves abroad and moves to other parts of the country. This page shows total out-migration over time and a breakdown by age and sex.
Estimated figures come from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Projected out-migration is initially driven by out-migration rates from the jump-off year. Migration balancing is then applied to align all components with the total population.
Out-migration is one of the four components of population change. Along with deaths, it takes people away from the area. The gap between in-migration and out-migration is net migration. This is often the biggest driver of local growth or decline.
| Age Group | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 |
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| 0-4 | 1484.78 | 1488.48 | 1089.20 | 995.61 | 1385.99 | 1341.75 | 1313.27 | 1317.83 | 1316.01 | 1309.33 | 1303.18 | 1299.71 | 1297.79 | 1297.18 | 1298.16 | 1299.80 | 1302.17 | 1305.20 | 1308.98 | 1312.96 | 1317.23 | 1321.70 | 1326.26 | 1330.93 | 1335.60 | 1340.40 | 1345.36 | 1350.45 | 1355.57 | 1360.76 | 1365.88 | 1370.94 | 1376.07 | 1381.20 |
| 5-9 | 1182.35 | 1287.16 | 924.93 | 910.30 | 1315.88 | 1297.97 | 1269.60 | 1246.35 | 1227.37 | 1221.89 | 1218.70 | 1211.37 | 1211.75 | 1214.87 | 1216.92 | 1219.27 | 1222.08 | 1225.62 | 1229.85 | 1234.50 | 1239.32 | 1244.26 | 1249.35 | 1254.67 | 1260.17 | 1265.81 | 1271.64 | 1277.58 | 1283.59 | 1289.61 | 1295.63 | 1301.60 | 1307.60 | 1313.62 |
| 10-14 | 982.43 | 1013.36 | 711.63 | 677.87 | 957.10 | 977.76 | 961.12 | 973.26 | 967.79 | 963.07 | 951.28 | 952.97 | 948.95 | 943.11 | 939.01 | 936.25 | 936.63 | 938.34 | 940.22 | 942.87 | 945.67 | 948.75 | 952.09 | 955.61 | 959.35 | 963.24 | 967.24 | 971.39 | 975.62 | 979.90 | 984.22 | 988.58 | 992.95 | 997.33 |
| 15-19 | 1045.56 | 1168.54 | 839.89 | 822.43 | 1154.40 | 1176.36 | 1199.39 | 1191.23 | 1200.00 | 1202.92 | 1198.44 | 1201.33 | 1210.24 | 1213.86 | 1207.64 | 1201.98 | 1196.91 | 1202.02 | 1197.41 | 1195.80 | 1193.28 | 1193.90 | 1198.02 | 1203.54 | 1207.74 | 1212.05 | 1216.67 | 1221.50 | 1226.55 | 1231.81 | 1237.21 | 1242.66 | 1248.18 | 1253.75 |
| 20-24 | 2529.86 | 2462.10 | 1793.13 | 1835.81 | 2739.67 | 2630.80 | 2545.45 | 2571.71 | 2566.76 | 2574.00 | 2587.23 | 2602.17 | 2601.84 | 2612.18 | 2613.29 | 2617.90 | 2628.01 | 2638.54 | 2639.87 | 2636.74 | 2634.29 | 2634.59 | 2641.99 | 2644.43 | 2649.00 | 2654.38 | 2662.86 | 2672.94 | 2684.51 | 2694.88 | 2705.35 | 2716.12 | 2727.28 | 2738.65 |
| 25-29 | 2631.12 | 2526.12 | 1762.71 | 1915.84 | 2933.74 | 2713.41 | 2588.88 | 2494.23 | 2448.97 | 2410.37 | 2393.94 | 2390.76 | 2398.60 | 2407.45 | 2419.62 | 2427.68 | 2435.46 | 2441.59 | 2446.71 | 2456.29 | 2469.03 | 2476.35 | 2480.34 | 2488.88 | 2497.51 | 2505.33 | 2513.61 | 2522.72 | 2530.75 | 2540.37 | 2549.33 | 2559.23 | 2569.17 | 2579.30 |
| 30-34 | 1895.90 | 1923.62 | 1305.71 | 1312.07 | 1895.93 | 1859.54 | 1830.87 | 1834.34 | 1813.33 | 1788.97 | 1769.24 | 1761.48 | 1752.72 | 1755.60 | 1755.63 | 1761.89 | 1767.10 | 1774.07 | 1781.88 | 1789.91 | 1797.53 | 1805.08 | 1811.92 | 1818.98 | 1827.24 | 1835.31 | 1842.43 | 1850.12 | 1858.23 | 1866.25 | 1873.93 | 1881.28 | 1889.25 | 1896.85 |
| 35-39 | 1500.74 | 1540.10 | 1110.52 | 1075.40 | 1561.79 | 1557.79 | 1529.48 | 1524.02 | 1501.25 | 1506.69 | 1509.09 | 1508.70 | 1510.28 | 1507.36 | 1505.23 | 1506.49 | 1510.73 | 1514.02 | 1520.42 | 1525.47 | 1532.28 | 1538.29 | 1544.91 | 1551.57 | 1558.42 | 1565.38 | 1572.47 | 1579.57 | 1586.45 | 1593.58 | 1600.82 | 1607.87 | 1614.83 | 1621.90 |
| 40-44 | 1082.12 | 1202.13 | 848.57 | 866.47 | 1288.25 | 1276.13 | 1278.03 | 1288.91 | 1303.74 | 1298.76 | 1298.11 | 1291.21 | 1290.62 | 1287.00 | 1290.46 | 1295.99 | 1300.30 | 1302.05 | 1304.65 | 1307.21 | 1310.48 | 1315.11 | 1320.21 | 1325.75 | 1330.97 | 1336.84 | 1342.78 | 1348.85 | 1354.94 | 1361.12 | 1367.27 | 1373.49 | 1379.64 | 1385.79 |
| 45-49 | 938.34 | 990.78 | 689.92 | 665.98 | 937.19 | 957.37 | 987.47 | 1005.72 | 1036.54 | 1050.67 | 1054.73 | 1068.49 | 1072.02 | 1067.07 | 1066.69 | 1066.60 | 1063.59 | 1067.97 | 1066.52 | 1067.99 | 1072.03 | 1075.64 | 1080.38 | 1083.72 | 1087.71 | 1091.80 | 1096.57 | 1101.18 | 1105.94 | 1110.95 | 1116.01 | 1121.07 | 1126.13 | 1131.26 |
| 50-54 | 713.96 | 893.92 | 646.57 | 601.74 | 782.03 | 767.67 | 769.19 | 763.67 | 757.20 | 767.29 | 781.95 | 803.40 | 816.39 | 831.36 | 845.50 | 843.48 | 854.96 | 861.55 | 860.89 | 862.70 | 861.71 | 861.92 | 866.72 | 868.25 | 871.09 | 874.07 | 877.97 | 882.28 | 885.63 | 889.72 | 893.47 | 897.59 | 901.70 | 906.05 |
| 55-59 | 684.63 | 866.67 | 579.36 | 570.55 | 718.95 | 751.66 | 751.67 | 770.36 | 767.52 | 766.75 | 758.33 | 746.86 | 742.38 | 746.90 | 762.11 | 772.92 | 787.40 | 795.04 | 811.73 | 815.59 | 821.26 | 826.30 | 833.14 | 835.26 | 835.45 | 837.30 | 839.76 | 842.64 | 845.28 | 849.12 | 852.09 | 855.71 | 859.62 | 863.36 |
| 60-64 | 532.70 | 752.02 | 509.28 | 463.57 | 602.14 | 581.63 | 563.36 | 560.44 | 560.40 | 570.61 | 586.22 | 590.30 | 596.03 | 594.00 | 588.65 | 587.79 | 588.28 | 585.08 | 585.72 | 596.95 | 605.66 | 613.89 | 617.97 | 624.54 | 631.16 | 634.79 | 639.10 | 641.86 | 645.95 | 647.26 | 648.17 | 649.28 | 651.92 | 654.69 |
| 65-69 | 371.35 | 523.89 | 359.98 | 334.36 | 389.72 | 391.73 | 391.96 | 399.96 | 402.17 | 394.77 | 392.06 | 381.21 | 379.68 | 382.20 | 383.94 | 393.81 | 399.85 | 404.46 | 403.27 | 401.49 | 398.88 | 400.60 | 399.03 | 402.22 | 406.38 | 411.86 | 418.04 | 422.15 | 426.03 | 429.50 | 431.22 | 432.81 | 435.06 | 437.05 |
| 70-74 | 232.54 | 352.81 | 266.08 | 268.10 | 255.88 | 261.40 | 262.91 | 264.25 | 269.55 | 273.24 | 280.23 | 280.27 | 287.69 | 287.20 | 290.09 | 286.89 | 283.65 | 279.01 | 279.30 | 280.28 | 282.12 | 285.73 | 288.74 | 290.34 | 288.27 | 289.07 | 289.13 | 288.46 | 290.52 | 293.06 | 295.29 | 298.80 | 301.23 | 304.07 |
| 75-79 | 135.15 | 255.28 | 194.38 | 234.65 | 219.37 | 233.94 | 237.89 | 236.80 | 244.15 | 246.99 | 259.40 | 260.69 | 262.67 | 266.33 | 265.78 | 267.95 | 268.25 | 276.20 | 274.20 | 275.20 | 272.65 | 270.37 | 265.25 | 266.52 | 267.49 | 270.73 | 274.39 | 276.77 | 276.33 | 275.20 | 271.28 | 274.07 | 271.63 | 273.66 |
| 80-84 | 46.70 | 161.19 | 159.30 | 145.27 | 113.58 | 120.57 | 136.73 | 151.32 | 163.01 | 170.14 | 178.40 | 182.53 | 185.29 | 188.29 | 190.98 | 194.73 | 195.51 | 197.19 | 200.18 | 198.73 | 200.84 | 200.02 | 202.40 | 201.30 | 202.49 | 201.58 | 197.30 | 194.32 | 193.81 | 194.38 | 199.09 | 198.89 | 201.83 | 201.28 |
| 85+ | 167.47 | 174.73 | 134.75 | 138.85 | 144.17 | 149.97 | 157.28 | 164.82 | 173.45 | 184.80 | 196.41 | 212.16 | 227.11 | 241.48 | 253.91 | 266.74 | 278.66 | 289.10 | 301.60 | 313.98 | 323.27 | 334.13 | 341.74 | 350.58 | 359.19 | 368.25 | 377.36 | 384.48 | 387.94 | 390.83 | 392.91 | 396.33 | 398.59 | 401.22 |
| Total | 18157.69 | 19582.90 | 13925.90 | 13834.87 | 19395.78 | 19047.43 | 18774.54 | 18759.21 | 18719.20 | 18701.27 | 18716.94 | 18745.62 | 18792.05 | 18843.45 | 18893.61 | 18948.15 | 19019.53 | 19097.07 | 19153.40 | 19214.65 | 19277.54 | 19346.64 | 19420.44 | 19497.09 | 19575.23 | 19658.20 | 19744.70 | 19829.27 | 19913.65 | 19998.28 | 20079.16 | 20166.35 | 20252.70 | 20341.02 |