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 | 90.00 | 86.00 | 79.00 | 76.00 | 69.00 | 70.69 | 69.68 | 65.06 | 62.45 | 57.15 | 58.75 | 60.56 | 62.55 | 64.87 | 67.15 | 69.51 | 71.34 | 72.83 | 73.85 | 74.72 | 75.57 | 76.19 | 77.04 | 77.84 | 78.73 | 79.55 | 80.41 | 81.12 | 81.83 | 82.53 | 83.23 | 83.96 | 84.69 | 85.42 | 86.16 |
| 5-9 | 98.00 | 91.00 | 88.00 | 91.00 | 107.00 | 98.87 | 91.04 | 91.16 | 87.58 | 80.15 | 82.50 | 82.03 | 78.92 | 77.97 | 75.23 | 76.15 | 77.41 | 78.91 | 80.32 | 81.72 | 83.17 | 84.27 | 85.42 | 86.48 | 87.57 | 88.49 | 89.44 | 90.23 | 91.01 | 91.75 | 92.52 | 93.29 | 94.08 | 94.85 | 95.64 |
| 10-14 | 73.00 | 70.00 | 70.00 | 70.00 | 69.00 | 75.07 | 76.34 | 74.56 | 77.66 | 90.29 | 83.49 | 80.59 | 78.88 | 78.05 | 78.79 | 81.05 | 81.02 | 79.16 | 78.34 | 76.91 | 77.98 | 79.13 | 80.34 | 81.46 | 82.53 | 83.56 | 84.55 | 85.51 | 86.42 | 87.28 | 88.06 | 88.82 | 89.56 | 90.30 | 91.06 |
| 15-19 | 42.00 | 49.00 | 48.00 | 51.00 | 50.00 | 44.90 | 55.96 | 68.95 | 82.59 | 91.97 | 97.71 | 98.30 | 99.55 | 97.17 | 99.70 | 98.30 | 98.46 | 99.81 | 100.46 | 101.39 | 102.38 | 102.69 | 102.72 | 103.19 | 103.69 | 104.90 | 106.20 | 107.25 | 108.28 | 109.24 | 110.22 | 111.24 | 112.27 | 113.29 | 114.28 |
| 20-24 | 52.00 | 52.00 | 49.00 | 43.00 | 50.00 | 54.15 | 57.54 | 61.54 | 62.38 | 63.59 | 67.99 | 76.43 | 85.60 | 94.88 | 98.50 | 99.10 | 98.65 | 98.99 | 99.42 | 102.12 | 102.12 | 102.25 | 103.26 | 104.10 | 105.69 | 106.62 | 107.45 | 107.93 | 108.65 | 109.47 | 110.50 | 111.54 | 112.53 | 113.51 | 114.47 |
| 25-29 | 50.00 | 49.00 | 38.00 | 38.00 | 42.00 | 44.56 | 51.50 | 55.75 | 53.34 | 53.26 | 55.66 | 57.52 | 58.81 | 59.86 | 60.39 | 61.51 | 63.36 | 65.28 | 67.17 | 68.21 | 69.26 | 69.92 | 70.53 | 71.11 | 72.17 | 72.75 | 73.47 | 74.13 | 74.67 | 75.23 | 75.79 | 76.38 | 76.97 | 77.59 | 78.22 |
| 30-34 | 50.00 | 44.00 | 48.00 | 52.00 | 58.00 | 59.68 | 48.98 | 42.67 | 45.76 | 49.59 | 52.44 | 56.45 | 58.73 | 58.56 | 58.69 | 59.70 | 60.78 | 61.82 | 62.73 | 63.58 | 64.53 | 65.57 | 66.81 | 68.00 | 69.03 | 69.80 | 70.58 | 71.13 | 71.65 | 72.30 | 72.88 | 73.44 | 74.06 | 74.65 | 75.24 |
| 35-39 | 55.00 | 57.00 | 58.00 | 50.00 | 55.00 | 51.13 | 56.72 | 64.47 | 71.89 | 70.11 | 71.88 | 66.61 | 62.69 | 64.26 | 68.01 | 70.75 | 73.87 | 75.57 | 75.95 | 76.62 | 77.79 | 78.94 | 79.96 | 80.92 | 81.87 | 82.88 | 84.07 | 85.29 | 86.47 | 87.44 | 88.22 | 88.96 | 89.63 | 90.33 | 91.12 |
| 40-44 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 59.00 | 55.00 | 60.00 | 57.67 | 49.09 | 47.40 | 42.02 | 42.68 | 42.38 | 45.43 | 50.03 | 52.10 | 51.80 | 51.62 | 49.80 | 49.20 | 51.10 | 52.84 | 54.22 | 55.34 | 56.08 | 56.51 | 57.15 | 57.92 | 58.66 | 59.25 | 59.80 | 60.33 | 60.92 | 61.58 | 62.29 | 62.97 | 63.56 |
| 45-49 | 40.00 | 39.00 | 43.00 | 58.00 | 59.00 | 55.13 | 48.81 | 39.01 | 33.64 | 29.33 | 26.81 | 23.39 | 23.65 | 22.66 | 23.23 | 22.87 | 23.80 | 24.90 | 25.86 | 26.23 | 26.75 | 26.27 | 26.15 | 26.56 | 27.12 | 27.54 | 28.21 | 28.64 | 28.86 | 29.07 | 29.37 | 29.67 | 29.96 | 30.23 | 30.48 |
| 50-54 | 39.00 | 33.00 | 34.00 | 27.00 | 35.00 | 37.71 | 48.72 | 53.15 | 64.45 | 65.82 | 63.94 | 62.07 | 56.41 | 52.99 | 50.05 | 49.45 | 47.82 | 48.49 | 48.28 | 48.98 | 49.27 | 50.47 | 51.69 | 52.83 | 53.37 | 54.03 | 54.05 | 54.23 | 54.79 | 55.55 | 56.14 | 56.87 | 57.45 | 57.91 | 58.38 |
| 55-59 | 38.00 | 37.00 | 37.00 | 36.00 | 38.00 | 34.81 | 29.91 | 31.59 | 24.46 | 29.16 | 29.95 | 37.71 | 39.46 | 48.85 | 49.00 | 48.18 | 46.68 | 43.43 | 41.53 | 39.87 | 39.27 | 38.16 | 38.68 | 38.77 | 39.34 | 39.49 | 40.24 | 41.02 | 41.82 | 42.31 | 42.91 | 43.00 | 43.15 | 43.53 | 44.02 |
| 60-64 | 26.00 | 27.00 | 30.00 | 29.00 | 26.00 | 33.20 | 32.70 | 32.10 | 29.25 | 28.77 | 25.39 | 22.25 | 23.16 | 20.39 | 24.06 | 26.46 | 29.91 | 30.94 | 35.43 | 35.74 | 35.74 | 33.48 | 32.00 | 30.13 | 30.04 | 30.02 | 29.82 | 29.98 | 30.01 | 30.37 | 30.68 | 31.19 | 31.63 | 31.99 | 32.21 |
| 65-69 | 16.00 | 13.00 | 15.00 | 19.00 | 25.00 | 24.48 | 23.57 | 21.01 | 20.18 | 16.96 | 21.90 | 22.89 | 23.28 | 18.85 | 16.56 | 15.91 | 16.93 | 19.88 | 17.86 | 18.42 | 18.20 | 22.67 | 23.62 | 25.38 | 23.66 | 22.87 | 21.92 | 21.84 | 21.88 | 21.74 | 21.70 | 21.69 | 21.91 | 22.13 | 22.39 |
| 70-74 | 10.00 | 11.00 | 14.00 | 15.00 | 13.00 | 12.83 | 10.02 | 12.65 | 11.93 | 12.75 | 11.07 | 9.26 | 8.01 | 6.43 | 6.25 | 6.57 | 7.08 | 6.73 | 6.87 | 6.99 | 7.18 | 6.99 | 7.05 | 6.87 | 7.02 | 7.21 | 7.43 | 7.75 | 7.98 | 8.16 | 8.15 | 8.29 | 8.21 | 8.27 | 8.25 |
| 75-79 | 14.00 | 16.00 | 10.00 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 8.58 | 10.29 | 10.61 | 11.75 | 8.27 | 7.19 | 4.85 | 6.65 | 7.98 | 9.17 | 9.50 | 8.08 | 6.74 | 5.26 | 5.14 | 5.43 | 5.86 | 5.56 | 5.67 | 5.78 | 5.92 | 5.80 | 5.86 | 5.72 | 5.81 | 5.91 | 6.11 | 6.38 | 6.61 | 6.74 |
| 80-84 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 9.00 | 10.00 | 13.00 | 13.82 | 16.60 | 8.51 | 9.38 | 7.08 | 7.92 | 9.06 | 9.82 | 10.28 | 7.71 | 6.31 | 4.50 | 6.24 | 7.44 | 8.54 | 8.96 | 7.66 | 6.42 | 4.97 | 4.83 | 5.10 | 5.53 | 5.24 | 5.34 | 5.45 | 5.59 | 5.46 | 5.53 | 5.39 | 5.48 |
| 85+ | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 1.73 | 1.54 | 8.60 | 7.91 | 11.49 | 11.24 | 12.61 | 11.63 | 11.51 | 13.17 | 14.32 | 17.58 | 17.98 | 18.80 | 18.47 | 18.51 | 20.24 | 22.60 | 24.94 | 25.96 | 26.69 | 27.32 | 28.57 | 29.58 | 30.54 | 31.60 | 32.70 | 33.70 | 34.83 | 35.91 |
| Total | 751.00 | 732.00 | 729.00 | 729.00 | 779.00 | 779.00 | 779.00 | 788.81 | 798.62 | 808.42 | 818.23 | 828.04 | 837.85 | 847.65 | 857.46 | 867.27 | 877.08 | 886.89 | 896.69 | 906.50 | 916.31 | 926.12 | 935.92 | 945.73 | 955.54 | 965.35 | 975.16 | 984.96 | 994.77 | 1004.58 | 1014.39 | 1024.19 | 1034.00 | 1043.81 | 1053.62 |