Population is the number of people living in an area. It is a key indicator for the population domain in Place Forecast.
Estimated figures come from the Estimated Resident Population published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Future population is projected using the cohort-component method. This starts from the jump-off year — the point where estimated data ends and projected data begins.
Population change is built from four components: births, deaths, in-migration, and out-migration. Each of these has its own page where you can see the numbers and rates that drive the total. Together they explain why an area is growing, shrinking, or staying the same.
| Age Group | 2020 | 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 | 602.46 | 609.27 | 551.48 | 540.05 | 473.51 | 491.98 | 526.80 | 560.91 | 582.10 | 602.06 | 602.21 | 601.44 | 601.15 | 601.60 | 602.93 | 604.80 | 607.05 | 609.67 | 612.72 | 616.06 | 619.47 | 622.87 | 626.35 | 630.00 | 633.86 | 638.01 | 642.33 | 646.78 | 651.33 | 655.92 | 660.50 | 665.08 | 669.63 | 674.13 | 678.58 |
| 5-9 | 756.34 | 720.22 | 734.47 | 767.16 | 789.13 | 742.92 | 735.24 | 702.83 | 699.12 | 682.55 | 715.72 | 737.62 | 759.48 | 773.40 | 787.42 | 789.29 | 790.80 | 793.00 | 795.82 | 799.22 | 802.97 | 806.84 | 810.92 | 815.36 | 820.11 | 825.18 | 830.43 | 835.83 | 841.37 | 847.04 | 852.78 | 858.61 | 864.49 | 870.37 | 876.24 |
| 10-14 | 733.55 | 755.85 | 737.57 | 765.33 | 781.36 | 799.19 | 781.32 | 804.68 | 810.27 | 815.79 | 789.80 | 786.87 | 766.94 | 765.44 | 754.59 | 776.57 | 791.55 | 806.88 | 817.53 | 828.87 | 832.19 | 835.13 | 838.44 | 842.21 | 846.47 | 851.17 | 856.10 | 861.24 | 866.62 | 872.19 | 877.87 | 883.65 | 889.49 | 895.38 | 901.31 |
| 15-19 | 515.38 | 527.78 | 574.35 | 608.76 | 687.16 | 693.29 | 704.19 | 696.75 | 700.54 | 700.81 | 711.64 | 702.95 | 718.42 | 718.90 | 723.08 | 707.03 | 704.65 | 693.94 | 693.86 | 690.87 | 706.11 | 717.70 | 728.98 | 737.32 | 744.73 | 748.14 | 751.52 | 755.24 | 759.29 | 763.62 | 768.17 | 772.87 | 777.69 | 782.64 | 787.69 |
| 20-24 | 486.26 | 459.97 | 514.09 | 631.82 | 696.68 | 624.19 | 562.63 | 552.63 | 539.16 | 546.47 | 544.05 | 548.62 | 545.52 | 545.26 | 550.61 | 554.91 | 554.47 | 562.09 | 563.12 | 567.50 | 563.37 | 564.61 | 566.14 | 570.45 | 574.31 | 581.24 | 587.01 | 591.92 | 596.14 | 600.04 | 603.72 | 607.55 | 611.39 | 615.21 | 619.02 |
| 25-29 | 566.09 | 516.70 | 547.48 | 673.14 | 753.41 | 722.20 | 657.31 | 616.22 | 588.05 | 572.32 | 566.26 | 564.90 | 565.40 | 566.74 | 569.40 | 572.02 | 575.26 | 578.76 | 582.32 | 585.95 | 589.35 | 592.42 | 595.89 | 599.56 | 603.67 | 608.00 | 612.41 | 616.80 | 621.25 | 625.63 | 629.95 | 634.27 | 638.51 | 642.64 | 646.73 |
| 30-34 | 680.51 | 648.80 | 635.30 | 669.94 | 705.90 | 710.23 | 729.98 | 739.68 | 738.78 | 727.58 | 721.32 | 718.05 | 715.87 | 715.50 | 716.87 | 719.36 | 722.81 | 726.97 | 731.33 | 735.77 | 740.03 | 744.10 | 748.33 | 752.89 | 757.86 | 763.29 | 768.80 | 774.33 | 779.90 | 785.44 | 790.84 | 796.26 | 801.61 | 806.86 | 812.04 |
| 35-39 | 792.32 | 793.98 | 759.30 | 756.52 | 779.92 | 788.30 | 798.39 | 818.77 | 829.44 | 828.66 | 827.40 | 833.30 | 838.86 | 842.01 | 841.80 | 843.20 | 846.11 | 849.79 | 853.98 | 858.53 | 863.26 | 868.00 | 872.91 | 878.10 | 883.64 | 889.60 | 895.76 | 902.05 | 908.44 | 914.87 | 921.24 | 927.62 | 933.95 | 940.19 | 946.36 |
| 40-44 | 749.48 | 746.38 | 738.07 | 787.10 | 832.92 | 866.43 | 874.71 | 860.72 | 847.36 | 868.20 | 879.06 | 883.27 | 894.04 | 901.96 | 902.48 | 904.16 | 909.35 | 914.66 | 919.60 | 922.61 | 926.44 | 930.86 | 935.62 | 940.72 | 946.16 | 951.99 | 958.09 | 964.40 | 970.90 | 977.55 | 984.27 | 991.07 | 997.90 | 1004.70 | 1011.47 |
| 45-49 | 745.20 | 746.93 | 739.44 | 785.52 | 758.79 | 754.86 | 744.51 | 747.25 | 782.94 | 801.87 | 818.16 | 822.67 | 813.06 | 804.43 | 817.12 | 826.03 | 831.25 | 839.45 | 845.41 | 847.51 | 850.48 | 855.41 | 860.42 | 865.21 | 869.08 | 873.61 | 878.61 | 883.87 | 889.36 | 895.03 | 900.84 | 906.79 | 912.83 | 918.93 | 925.09 |
| 50-54 | 576.69 | 622.90 | 667.50 | 678.96 | 732.43 | 741.75 | 753.39 | 766.01 | 775.10 | 761.95 | 759.08 | 748.68 | 746.84 | 769.03 | 784.27 | 799.14 | 804.41 | 799.94 | 795.08 | 804.35 | 810.43 | 815.41 | 823.31 | 829.38 | 832.20 | 835.78 | 840.95 | 846.24 | 851.61 | 856.17 | 861.12 | 866.38 | 871.80 | 877.33 | 882.94 |
| 55-59 | 520.71 | 514.96 | 508.87 | 504.17 | 512.25 | 526.79 | 567.59 | 614.13 | 616.54 | 638.17 | 638.69 | 648.29 | 656.91 | 662.50 | 654.27 | 653.78 | 648.67 | 650.34 | 667.43 | 678.18 | 688.75 | 693.14 | 690.46 | 687.54 | 694.63 | 700.01 | 704.86 | 711.60 | 716.72 | 719.76 | 723.31 | 727.93 | 732.61 | 737.32 | 741.49 |
| 60-64 | 497.92 | 500.36 | 489.34 | 498.36 | 487.48 | 489.16 | 508.46 | 510.65 | 525.23 | 535.77 | 548.31 | 578.95 | 613.70 | 616.14 | 627.57 | 625.37 | 629.20 | 633.94 | 638.59 | 634.09 | 635.41 | 633.57 | 634.18 | 645.83 | 653.26 | 661.02 | 665.27 | 665.35 | 665.45 | 671.60 | 677.11 | 681.88 | 687.40 | 692.03 | 695.40 |
| 65-69 | 433.08 | 460.73 | 480.22 | 466.88 | 464.64 | 501.00 | 490.08 | 494.35 | 519.82 | 520.86 | 526.04 | 542.75 | 545.35 | 557.55 | 569.35 | 581.15 | 606.61 | 633.44 | 635.06 | 643.12 | 641.11 | 642.94 | 647.49 | 652.57 | 650.70 | 652.67 | 651.00 | 651.03 | 660.17 | 667.81 | 675.28 | 679.88 | 681.49 | 682.87 | 688.43 |
| 70-74 | 374.88 | 374.62 | 396.05 | 405.33 | 427.03 | 412.27 | 430.68 | 437.61 | 430.02 | 441.16 | 472.10 | 463.45 | 466.91 | 485.36 | 486.41 | 491.71 | 504.83 | 506.97 | 517.44 | 527.04 | 537.21 | 557.67 | 578.93 | 580.66 | 587.38 | 586.17 | 588.64 | 593.21 | 597.26 | 596.22 | 597.97 | 597.63 | 598.74 | 606.76 | 613.22 |
| 75-79 | 243.04 | 249.39 | 256.21 | 286.23 | 303.17 | 322.53 | 325.49 | 329.19 | 330.11 | 335.88 | 323.52 | 335.51 | 339.65 | 334.72 | 343.22 | 362.56 | 356.68 | 359.09 | 370.48 | 372.63 | 377.76 | 385.18 | 385.93 | 393.26 | 400.29 | 407.90 | 421.38 | 434.18 | 434.74 | 438.84 | 438.51 | 441.09 | 445.17 | 447.46 | 447.06 |
| 80-84 | 249.08 | 230.61 | 201.62 | 198.32 | 185.93 | 190.86 | 194.56 | 204.86 | 216.24 | 223.74 | 231.54 | 233.06 | 235.76 | 235.99 | 239.60 | 233.04 | 239.64 | 241.85 | 239.46 | 244.36 | 254.75 | 251.95 | 253.49 | 260.12 | 261.36 | 264.02 | 268.06 | 269.00 | 273.41 | 277.43 | 281.75 | 289.05 | 296.26 | 296.96 | 299.95 |
| 85+ | 358.17 | 389.53 | 377.80 | 337.73 | 304.87 | 319.75 | 337.29 | 352.63 | 367.58 | 383.04 | 400.52 | 413.52 | 428.53 | 444.38 | 458.43 | 473.79 | 483.08 | 494.16 | 504.21 | 515.27 | 521.35 | 531.15 | 539.65 | 544.77 | 554.77 | 565.17 | 570.21 | 576.90 | 584.52 | 591.81 | 600.25 | 606.36 | 611.53 | 619.21 | 626.48 |
| Total | 9881.15 | 9868.98 | 9909.15 | 10361.31 | 10676.59 | 10697.72 | 10722.63 | 10809.89 | 10898.39 | 10986.89 | 11075.40 | 11163.90 | 11252.41 | 11340.91 | 11429.41 | 11517.92 | 11606.42 | 11694.93 | 11783.43 | 11871.93 | 11960.44 | 12048.94 | 12137.45 | 12225.95 | 12314.45 | 12402.96 | 12491.46 | 12579.97 | 12668.47 | 12756.97 | 12845.48 | 12933.98 | 13022.49 | 13110.99 | 13199.49 |