Population density is the number of people per square kilometre of land. Place Forecast computes it as population divided by land area.
Density is a fair way to compare places of different size. A small town and a big city can have the same density but very different populations.
Estimated figures come from the Estimated Resident Population. Future density is projected using the cohort-component method. Only the population changes over time. The land area stays fixed within an ASGS edition.
A few things matter when you read density:
The comparison page opens on a Dorling cartogram by default. A plain map can mislead for density. Large areas draw the eye. A cartogram sizes each area by value, not by land area, so the eye reads the rate, not the shape. You can switch to a Demers cartogram or a plain choropleth map from the toolbox.
| Small Area | 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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| Altona - Seaholme | 2029.23 | 1996.66 | 2007.36 | 2032.46 | 2081.01 | 2099.37 | 2129.10 | 2153.04 | 2182.35 | 2206.05 | 2229.75 | 2253.45 | 2277.15 | 2300.85 | 2324.55 | 2348.26 | 2371.96 | 2395.66 | 2419.36 | 2443.06 | 2466.76 | 2490.46 | 2514.17 | 2537.87 | 2561.57 | 2585.27 | 2608.97 | 2632.67 | 2656.37 | 2680.07 | 2703.78 | 2727.48 | 2751.18 | 2774.88 | 2798.58 |
| Altona Meadows | 1590.28 | 1521.77 | 1497.28 | 1520.55 | 1532.62 | 1535.96 | 1540.16 | 1544.20 | 1549.44 | 1553.48 | 1557.51 | 1561.55 | 1565.59 | 1569.63 | 1573.66 | 1577.70 | 1581.74 | 1585.77 | 1589.81 | 1593.85 | 1597.89 | 1601.92 | 1605.96 | 1610.00 | 1614.03 | 1618.07 | 1622.11 | 1626.15 | 1630.18 | 1634.22 | 1638.26 | 1642.29 | 1646.33 | 1650.37 | 1654.41 |
| Altona North | 1414.39 | 1384.49 | 1380.66 | 1409.32 | 1449.96 | 1473.34 | 1491.36 | 1519.98 | 1554.25 | 1578.63 | 1603.00 | 1627.38 | 1651.75 | 1676.12 | 1700.50 | 1724.87 | 1749.25 | 1773.62 | 1797.99 | 1822.37 | 1846.74 | 1871.12 | 1895.49 | 1919.87 | 1944.24 | 1968.61 | 1992.99 | 2017.36 | 2041.74 | 2066.11 | 2090.48 | 2114.86 | 2139.23 | 2163.61 | 2187.98 |
| Averton Industrial | 1.56 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.54 | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.63 | 1.63 | 1.63 | 1.63 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.64 |
| Brooklyn | 851.32 | 838.67 | 848.37 | 868.20 | 925.99 | 945.84 | 961.28 | 983.72 | 1006.92 | 1027.02 | 1047.13 | 1067.23 | 1087.34 | 1107.44 | 1127.55 | 1147.66 | 1167.76 | 1187.87 | 1207.97 | 1228.08 | 1248.18 | 1268.29 | 1288.39 | 1308.50 | 1328.60 | 1348.71 | 1368.82 | 1388.92 | 1409.03 | 1429.13 | 1449.24 | 1469.34 | 1489.45 | 1509.55 | 1529.66 |
| Laverton | 2096.56 | 1978.49 | 2001.31 | 2122.38 | 2161.75 | 2199.15 | 2216.40 | 2254.21 | 2295.14 | 2326.71 | 2358.28 | 2389.86 | 2421.43 | 2453.00 | 2484.57 | 2516.14 | 2547.72 | 2579.29 | 2610.86 | 2642.43 | 2674.01 | 2705.58 | 2737.15 | 2768.72 | 2800.29 | 2831.87 | 2863.44 | 2895.01 | 2926.58 | 2958.15 | 2989.73 | 3021.30 | 3052.87 | 3084.44 | 3116.02 |
| Newport | 2706.51 | 2639.10 | 2641.17 | 2717.60 | 2712.56 | 2730.03 | 2747.29 | 2766.24 | 2787.31 | 2804.40 | 2821.48 | 2838.57 | 2855.65 | 2872.74 | 2889.83 | 2906.91 | 2924.00 | 2941.08 | 2958.17 | 2975.26 | 2992.34 | 3009.43 | 3026.51 | 3043.60 | 3060.68 | 3077.77 | 3094.86 | 3111.94 | 3129.03 | 3146.11 | 3163.20 | 3180.28 | 3197.37 | 3214.46 | 3231.54 |
| Seabrook | 2792.81 | 2659.29 | 2589.07 | 2619.92 | 2640.14 | 2644.43 | 2644.43 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 | 2646.26 |
| Spotswood - South Kingsville | 1195.16 | 1177.41 | 1170.63 | 1198.20 | 1311.73 | 1395.67 | 1404.44 | 1535.32 | 1769.63 | 1898.12 | 2026.61 | 2155.10 | 2283.60 | 2412.09 | 2540.58 | 2669.07 | 2797.56 | 2926.05 | 3054.54 | 3183.03 | 3311.52 | 3440.01 | 3568.50 | 3697.00 | 3825.49 | 3953.98 | 4082.47 | 4210.96 | 4339.45 | 4467.94 | 4596.43 | 4724.92 | 4853.41 | 4981.90 | 5110.39 |
| Williamstown | 2793.59 | 2696.27 | 2713.35 | 2780.86 | 2834.64 | 2845.12 | 2852.05 | 2861.13 | 2871.65 | 2880.73 | 2889.82 | 2898.90 | 2907.98 | 2917.07 | 2926.15 | 2935.24 | 2944.32 | 2953.40 | 2962.49 | 2971.57 | 2980.66 | 2989.74 | 2998.82 | 3007.91 | 3016.99 | 3026.08 | 3035.16 | 3044.24 | 3053.33 | 3062.41 | 3071.50 | 3080.58 | 3089.67 | 3098.75 | 3107.83 |
| Williamstown North - The Rifle Range | 950.99 | 917.62 | 923.07 | 948.58 | 967.96 | 969.99 | 972.34 | 976.26 | 977.84 | 979.41 | 980.99 | 982.57 | 984.14 | 985.72 | 987.30 | 988.88 | 990.45 | 992.03 | 993.61 | 995.19 | 996.76 | 998.34 | 999.92 | 1001.50 | 1003.07 | 1004.65 | 1006.23 | 1007.81 | 1009.38 | 1010.96 | 1012.54 | 1014.12 | 1015.69 | 1017.27 | 1018.85 |
| Total | 950.99 | 917.62 | 923.07 | 948.58 | 967.96 | 969.99 | 972.34 | 976.26 | 977.84 | 979.41 | 980.99 | 982.57 | 984.14 | 985.72 | 987.30 | 988.88 | 990.45 | 992.03 | 993.61 | 995.19 | 996.76 | 998.34 | 999.92 | 1001.50 | 1003.07 | 1004.65 | 1006.23 | 1007.81 | 1009.38 | 1010.96 | 1012.54 | 1014.12 | 1015.69 | 1017.27 | 1018.85 |