Population is the number of people who usually live in an area. Place Forecast uses this term as shorthand for the estimated resident population. It is a key indicator for the population domain.
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 | 1244.34 | 1229.60 | 1233.63 | 1207.64 | 1185.73 | 1181.88 | 1181.48 | 1214.75 | 1246.86 | 1287.52 | 1307.03 | 1324.08 | 1340.45 | 1357.87 | 1375.77 | 1394.31 | 1413.25 | 1432.27 | 1451.20 | 1469.88 | 1488.54 | 1507.07 | 1525.70 | 1544.36 | 1563.00 | 1581.72 | 1600.40 | 1618.99 | 1637.63 | 1656.32 | 1674.96 | 1693.50 | 1711.96 | 1730.30 | 1748.60 |
| 5-9 | 1283.19 | 1237.10 | 1199.38 | 1262.06 | 1233.55 | 1258.42 | 1226.32 | 1234.68 | 1211.35 | 1213.53 | 1228.75 | 1243.96 | 1262.79 | 1284.01 | 1308.71 | 1326.26 | 1342.88 | 1360.09 | 1377.39 | 1394.61 | 1412.09 | 1429.74 | 1447.25 | 1464.80 | 1482.54 | 1500.27 | 1518.06 | 1535.90 | 1553.73 | 1571.46 | 1589.12 | 1606.60 | 1624.03 | 1641.42 | 1658.80 |
| 10-14 | 1386.34 | 1385.01 | 1402.01 | 1368.89 | 1349.62 | 1311.92 | 1366.63 | 1384.88 | 1439.08 | 1438.48 | 1469.01 | 1465.53 | 1485.15 | 1482.51 | 1495.99 | 1515.34 | 1533.81 | 1554.60 | 1576.53 | 1600.67 | 1621.17 | 1640.89 | 1660.63 | 1680.47 | 1700.43 | 1720.59 | 1740.95 | 1761.31 | 1781.73 | 1802.13 | 1822.49 | 1842.77 | 1863.00 | 1883.11 | 1903.14 |
| 15-19 | 1230.73 | 1246.93 | 1244.03 | 1308.07 | 1412.58 | 1431.38 | 1407.07 | 1399.56 | 1383.19 | 1388.30 | 1383.46 | 1423.33 | 1440.50 | 1478.78 | 1495.58 | 1512.51 | 1519.18 | 1536.11 | 1546.24 | 1561.88 | 1581.35 | 1601.46 | 1622.25 | 1643.40 | 1664.62 | 1684.74 | 1704.74 | 1724.73 | 1744.81 | 1764.90 | 1784.99 | 1805.02 | 1824.99 | 1844.90 | 1864.81 |
| 20-24 | 1264.20 | 1244.66 | 1220.94 | 1238.05 | 1225.46 | 1244.44 | 1281.30 | 1340.96 | 1389.58 | 1426.75 | 1437.18 | 1451.40 | 1467.40 | 1478.39 | 1493.48 | 1509.20 | 1535.71 | 1552.51 | 1576.96 | 1593.70 | 1611.35 | 1627.81 | 1646.31 | 1663.58 | 1682.72 | 1702.69 | 1723.03 | 1743.28 | 1763.46 | 1783.66 | 1803.52 | 1823.19 | 1842.81 | 1862.29 | 1881.75 |
| 25-29 | 1378.85 | 1340.16 | 1376.58 | 1407.10 | 1458.05 | 1431.12 | 1430.50 | 1422.93 | 1423.05 | 1445.78 | 1474.70 | 1500.60 | 1527.62 | 1553.45 | 1577.49 | 1597.22 | 1618.56 | 1638.68 | 1657.49 | 1677.85 | 1697.66 | 1719.43 | 1739.34 | 1761.19 | 1781.20 | 1801.65 | 1821.79 | 1842.42 | 1862.90 | 1883.64 | 1904.41 | 1925.03 | 1945.57 | 1965.96 | 1986.36 |
| 30-34 | 1315.54 | 1278.36 | 1328.10 | 1388.09 | 1408.64 | 1469.27 | 1435.26 | 1419.00 | 1431.69 | 1431.71 | 1433.94 | 1453.57 | 1468.49 | 1484.85 | 1502.21 | 1523.46 | 1541.81 | 1562.82 | 1583.55 | 1603.48 | 1622.44 | 1641.95 | 1661.02 | 1679.61 | 1698.86 | 1718.22 | 1738.01 | 1757.30 | 1777.28 | 1796.70 | 1816.31 | 1835.49 | 1854.90 | 1874.04 | 1893.31 |
| 35-39 | 1193.51 | 1251.23 | 1236.91 | 1254.58 | 1334.53 | 1351.46 | 1407.46 | 1488.52 | 1524.22 | 1559.85 | 1605.71 | 1608.62 | 1612.67 | 1632.74 | 1649.92 | 1663.72 | 1688.12 | 1709.85 | 1730.49 | 1750.02 | 1772.22 | 1793.16 | 1815.02 | 1837.15 | 1859.12 | 1880.57 | 1902.38 | 1924.23 | 1945.78 | 1967.50 | 1989.24 | 2011.17 | 2032.77 | 2054.54 | 2076.07 |
| 40-44 | 1077.05 | 1051.03 | 1056.27 | 1122.12 | 1161.55 | 1195.11 | 1216.29 | 1220.26 | 1256.81 | 1313.25 | 1340.01 | 1384.28 | 1436.53 | 1459.55 | 1483.40 | 1515.68 | 1529.29 | 1542.76 | 1562.98 | 1582.04 | 1597.44 | 1619.27 | 1640.17 | 1661.23 | 1679.67 | 1699.99 | 1719.17 | 1739.07 | 1759.20 | 1779.34 | 1799.41 | 1819.46 | 1839.54 | 1859.46 | 1879.45 |
| 45-49 | 1272.63 | 1230.67 | 1220.58 | 1162.95 | 1118.08 | 1106.33 | 1114.10 | 1154.93 | 1200.75 | 1209.43 | 1233.27 | 1252.95 | 1260.49 | 1288.42 | 1327.81 | 1350.86 | 1382.02 | 1417.44 | 1440.09 | 1460.07 | 1485.85 | 1501.46 | 1516.58 | 1535.24 | 1554.95 | 1572.43 | 1593.26 | 1613.09 | 1632.64 | 1650.38 | 1669.25 | 1687.33 | 1705.85 | 1724.47 | 1743.11 |
| 50-54 | 1459.45 | 1473.57 | 1477.02 | 1457.07 | 1411.43 | 1330.05 | 1313.56 | 1330.79 | 1324.62 | 1341.26 | 1360.60 | 1375.27 | 1406.72 | 1439.65 | 1451.52 | 1474.46 | 1493.69 | 1505.55 | 1530.07 | 1563.43 | 1585.61 | 1612.86 | 1642.33 | 1663.29 | 1683.80 | 1707.39 | 1725.79 | 1744.42 | 1765.05 | 1785.82 | 1805.23 | 1826.67 | 1847.27 | 1867.85 | 1887.02 |
| 55-59 | 1534.49 | 1532.00 | 1509.12 | 1528.75 | 1559.08 | 1549.28 | 1545.96 | 1524.28 | 1515.29 | 1496.24 | 1468.10 | 1471.94 | 1487.52 | 1489.01 | 1506.54 | 1519.85 | 1534.61 | 1560.52 | 1586.29 | 1601.14 | 1623.10 | 1641.52 | 1655.65 | 1678.48 | 1706.63 | 1726.82 | 1750.30 | 1775.01 | 1795.95 | 1817.61 | 1839.85 | 1859.78 | 1879.46 | 1899.76 | 1920.44 |
| 60-64 | 1471.10 | 1500.00 | 1578.84 | 1589.84 | 1576.35 | 1610.45 | 1623.34 | 1629.97 | 1632.95 | 1646.50 | 1647.11 | 1665.91 | 1666.85 | 1674.79 | 1672.30 | 1664.87 | 1676.16 | 1693.71 | 1701.10 | 1721.26 | 1737.34 | 1754.54 | 1779.73 | 1804.78 | 1823.00 | 1846.51 | 1866.53 | 1884.80 | 1907.66 | 1933.81 | 1956.51 | 1981.02 | 2006.13 | 2028.92 | 2051.41 |
| 65-69 | 1287.13 | 1326.75 | 1366.27 | 1396.37 | 1502.76 | 1548.63 | 1555.69 | 1594.19 | 1620.50 | 1634.71 | 1689.02 | 1706.15 | 1717.87 | 1726.18 | 1743.87 | 1752.04 | 1773.55 | 1780.69 | 1794.58 | 1800.51 | 1805.63 | 1820.36 | 1839.99 | 1851.66 | 1872.90 | 1892.11 | 1911.79 | 1936.09 | 1960.61 | 1981.80 | 2005.72 | 2026.57 | 2046.91 | 2071.02 | 2096.83 |
| 70-74 | 1239.28 | 1257.88 | 1213.32 | 1253.83 | 1251.90 | 1250.74 | 1290.54 | 1327.88 | 1357.28 | 1432.77 | 1476.20 | 1494.00 | 1529.40 | 1554.84 | 1570.67 | 1615.08 | 1632.78 | 1649.36 | 1661.96 | 1680.54 | 1689.50 | 1711.90 | 1724.00 | 1740.97 | 1751.13 | 1760.16 | 1775.84 | 1795.77 | 1810.22 | 1829.80 | 1848.47 | 1867.68 | 1890.36 | 1913.32 | 1934.19 |
| 75-79 | 945.02 | 985.36 | 1082.45 | 1136.72 | 1153.24 | 1162.67 | 1176.15 | 1139.87 | 1173.68 | 1172.53 | 1182.54 | 1219.75 | 1250.76 | 1276.24 | 1330.61 | 1365.50 | 1384.23 | 1414.95 | 1438.75 | 1453.90 | 1490.28 | 1506.74 | 1523.72 | 1535.82 | 1551.34 | 1561.14 | 1580.00 | 1592.84 | 1609.30 | 1620.55 | 1631.17 | 1646.88 | 1664.49 | 1679.48 | 1696.98 |
| 80-84 | 637.73 | 676.12 | 687.91 | 699.24 | 743.06 | 798.90 | 824.84 | 898.65 | 920.60 | 923.51 | 932.28 | 945.52 | 934.04 | 959.99 | 961.97 | 970.30 | 997.03 | 1018.64 | 1039.94 | 1077.49 | 1101.92 | 1116.52 | 1136.71 | 1155.34 | 1170.37 | 1197.65 | 1210.35 | 1222.57 | 1231.18 | 1242.77 | 1253.40 | 1268.80 | 1279.53 | 1291.51 | 1301.95 |
| 85+ | 574.91 | 601.74 | 637.73 | 652.33 | 679.74 | 714.48 | 748.70 | 767.64 | 790.78 | 828.72 | 870.49 | 901.07 | 941.22 | 963.75 | 985.73 | 1011.45 | 1033.98 | 1048.65 | 1072.15 | 1083.84 | 1101.37 | 1126.72 | 1145.55 | 1169.13 | 1192.77 | 1212.95 | 1233.72 | 1252.85 | 1274.10 | 1293.60 | 1316.27 | 1331.92 | 1347.86 | 1363.63 | 1380.30 |
| Total | 21795.51 | 21848.16 | 22071.09 | 22433.70 | 22765.35 | 22946.52 | 23145.19 | 23493.73 | 23842.28 | 24190.83 | 24539.38 | 24887.93 | 25236.47 | 25585.02 | 25933.57 | 26282.12 | 26630.66 | 26979.21 | 27327.76 | 27676.31 | 28024.85 | 28373.40 | 28721.95 | 29070.50 | 29419.04 | 29767.59 | 30116.14 | 30464.69 | 30813.23 | 31161.78 | 31510.33 | 31858.88 | 32207.42 | 32555.97 | 32904.52 |