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.
A few things matter when you read density:
The comparison page opens on a plain map by default. For density, we suggest you switch to one of the cartogram views — Dorling or Demers. A plain map can mislead. Large areas draw the eye. A cartogram sizes each area by value, not by land area. The eye reads the rate, not the shape.
| 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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| Blackburn | 2196.47 | 2136.46 | 2130.62 | 2186.83 | 2246.55 | 2263.09 | 2291.06 | 2332.86 | 2373.92 | 2412.82 | 2451.72 | 2490.62 | 2529.52 | 2568.42 | 2607.32 | 2646.22 | 2685.12 | 2724.02 | 2762.91 | 2801.81 | 2840.71 | 2879.61 | 2918.51 | 2957.41 | 2996.31 | 3035.21 | 3074.11 | 3113.01 | 3151.90 | 3190.80 | 3229.70 | 3268.60 | 3307.50 | 3346.40 | 3385.30 |
| Blackburn North | 2540.17 | 2456.22 | 2460.99 | 2530.00 | 2571.02 | 2589.07 | 2627.53 | 2671.20 | 2716.94 | 2760.09 | 2803.25 | 2846.40 | 2889.55 | 2932.70 | 2975.85 | 3019.01 | 3062.16 | 3105.31 | 3148.46 | 3191.61 | 3234.77 | 3277.92 | 3321.07 | 3364.22 | 3407.38 | 3450.53 | 3493.68 | 3536.83 | 3579.98 | 3623.14 | 3666.29 | 3709.44 | 3752.59 | 3795.74 | 3838.90 |
| Blackburn South | 2716.48 | 2639.12 | 2622.59 | 2646.30 | 2653.49 | 2672.94 | 2693.33 | 2715.62 | 2740.18 | 2762.09 | 2784.00 | 2805.91 | 2827.82 | 2849.72 | 2871.63 | 2893.54 | 2915.45 | 2937.36 | 2959.27 | 2981.18 | 3003.08 | 3024.99 | 3046.90 | 3068.81 | 3090.72 | 3112.63 | 3134.53 | 3156.44 | 3178.35 | 3200.26 | 3222.17 | 3244.08 | 3265.99 | 3287.89 | 3309.80 |
| Box Hill | 3643.42 | 3568.32 | 3681.58 | 3908.59 | 4158.84 | 4226.59 | 4301.30 | 4378.54 | 4456.48 | 4531.55 | 4657.31 | 4783.06 | 4908.82 | 5034.58 | 5160.33 | 5286.09 | 5458.64 | 5631.19 | 5803.74 | 5976.29 | 6148.84 | 6321.39 | 6337.96 | 6354.54 | 6371.11 | 6387.68 | 6404.25 | 6420.82 | 6437.39 | 6453.96 | 6470.53 | 6487.10 | 6503.68 | 6520.25 | 6536.82 |
| Box Hill North | 2791.97 | 2705.54 | 2723.34 | 2814.55 | 2878.61 | 2919.26 | 2952.37 | 2995.15 | 3039.23 | 3078.49 | 3117.75 | 3157.00 | 3196.26 | 3235.52 | 3274.77 | 3318.30 | 3361.83 | 3401.09 | 3440.35 | 3479.60 | 3518.86 | 3558.12 | 3597.38 | 3636.63 | 3675.89 | 3715.15 | 3754.40 | 3793.66 | 3832.92 | 3872.17 | 3911.43 | 3950.69 | 3989.95 | 4029.20 | 4068.46 |
| Box Hill South | 2274.84 | 2128.45 | 2166.47 | 2302.24 | 2385.68 | 2409.19 | 2433.77 | 2458.78 | 2485.95 | 2510.09 | 2534.22 | 2558.35 | 2582.49 | 2606.62 | 2630.76 | 2654.89 | 2679.02 | 2703.16 | 2727.29 | 2751.43 | 2775.56 | 2799.69 | 2823.83 | 2847.96 | 2872.10 | 2896.23 | 2920.37 | 2944.50 | 2968.63 | 2992.77 | 3016.90 | 3041.04 | 3065.17 | 3089.30 | 3113.44 |
| Burwood | 2303.22 | 2141.44 | 2211.55 | 2396.93 | 2551.19 | 2596.36 | 2636.11 | 2704.38 | 2768.46 | 2829.58 | 2897.11 | 2964.65 | 3032.18 | 3099.72 | 3167.25 | 3234.79 | 3308.74 | 3382.70 | 3456.65 | 3530.61 | 3604.56 | 3678.52 | 3713.96 | 3749.40 | 3784.84 | 3820.28 | 3855.72 | 3891.16 | 3926.60 | 3962.04 | 3997.49 | 4032.93 | 4068.37 | 4103.81 | 4139.25 |
| Burwood East | 2233.89 | 2177.51 | 2242.58 | 2402.86 | 2499.26 | 2526.10 | 2542.69 | 2563.70 | 2584.69 | 2603.49 | 2622.28 | 2659.32 | 2696.36 | 2733.40 | 2770.44 | 2807.47 | 2826.27 | 2845.06 | 2863.85 | 2882.65 | 2901.44 | 2920.23 | 2939.03 | 2957.82 | 2976.61 | 2995.41 | 3014.20 | 3032.99 | 3051.79 | 3070.58 | 3089.37 | 3108.17 | 3126.96 | 3145.75 | 3164.55 |
| Forest Hill | 2362.42 | 2298.95 | 2299.16 | 2332.80 | 2372.36 | 2392.12 | 2411.89 | 2433.08 | 2532.47 | 2629.75 | 2727.04 | 2824.33 | 2874.05 | 2923.77 | 2960.17 | 2996.57 | 3032.98 | 3054.16 | 3075.34 | 3096.52 | 3117.70 | 3138.89 | 3160.07 | 3181.25 | 3202.43 | 3223.61 | 3244.80 | 3265.98 | 3287.16 | 3308.34 | 3329.52 | 3350.71 | 3371.89 | 3393.07 | 3414.25 |
| Mitcham | 2252.26 | 2199.26 | 2210.57 | 2250.06 | 2269.67 | 2285.46 | 2296.61 | 2324.77 | 2355.76 | 2385.10 | 2417.50 | 2449.91 | 2479.25 | 2508.59 | 2537.92 | 2567.26 | 2596.60 | 2631.05 | 2665.50 | 2699.95 | 2734.39 | 2768.84 | 2803.29 | 2837.74 | 2872.19 | 2906.63 | 2941.08 | 2975.53 | 3009.98 | 3044.43 | 3078.87 | 3113.32 | 3147.77 | 3182.22 | 3216.67 |
| Mont Albert | 2666.48 | 2556.17 | 2573.82 | 2660.24 | 2674.79 | 2685.71 | 2698.57 | 2714.96 | 2731.39 | 2747.81 | 2783.79 | 2819.77 | 2855.75 | 2891.72 | 2927.70 | 2944.13 | 2960.56 | 2976.99 | 2993.42 | 3009.85 | 3026.28 | 3042.71 | 3059.14 | 3075.56 | 3091.99 | 3108.42 | 3124.85 | 3141.28 | 3157.71 | 3174.14 | 3190.57 | 3207.00 | 3223.43 | 3239.86 | 3256.28 |
| Mont Albert North | 2320.66 | 2238.59 | 2247.25 | 2329.10 | 2372.07 | 2397.62 | 2421.74 | 2457.05 | 2492.33 | 2526.11 | 2559.89 | 2593.67 | 2627.45 | 2661.23 | 2695.01 | 2728.79 | 2762.57 | 2796.35 | 2830.13 | 2863.91 | 2897.69 | 2931.47 | 2965.25 | 2999.03 | 3032.81 | 3066.59 | 3100.37 | 3134.15 | 3167.93 | 3201.71 | 3235.49 | 3269.27 | 3303.05 | 3336.83 | 3370.61 |
| Nunawading | 2179.81 | 2120.86 | 2134.25 | 2190.07 | 2242.76 | 2257.68 | 2316.75 | 2379.51 | 2458.80 | 2517.57 | 2538.86 | 2560.15 | 2578.12 | 2596.09 | 2614.06 | 2632.03 | 2650.00 | 2674.61 | 2699.21 | 2723.82 | 2748.42 | 2773.02 | 2797.63 | 2822.23 | 2846.84 | 2871.44 | 2896.05 | 2920.65 | 2945.26 | 2969.86 | 2994.47 | 3019.07 | 3043.67 | 3068.28 | 3092.88 |
| Surrey Hills | 2849.64 | 2745.59 | 2766.36 | 2848.13 | 2891.74 | 2907.94 | 2925.03 | 2936.01 | 2946.99 | 2957.96 | 2975.54 | 2998.78 | 3022.01 | 3032.99 | 3043.97 | 3054.95 | 3065.92 | 3076.90 | 3087.88 | 3098.86 | 3109.84 | 3120.81 | 3131.79 | 3142.77 | 3153.75 | 3164.73 | 3175.70 | 3186.68 | 3197.66 | 3208.64 | 3219.62 | 3230.59 | 3241.57 | 3252.55 | 3263.53 |
| Vermont | 2132.62 | 2082.97 | 2067.47 | 2100.63 | 2138.12 | 2150.81 | 2169.21 | 2188.40 | 2208.38 | 2227.57 | 2246.76 | 2265.95 | 2285.14 | 2304.33 | 2323.52 | 2342.71 | 2361.90 | 2381.09 | 2400.29 | 2419.48 | 2438.67 | 2457.86 | 2477.05 | 2496.24 | 2515.43 | 2534.62 | 2553.81 | 2573.00 | 2592.19 | 2611.38 | 2630.58 | 2649.77 | 2668.96 | 2688.15 | 2707.34 |
| Vermont South | 1713.18 | 1676.84 | 1677.40 | 1696.75 | 1709.28 | 1719.43 | 1727.50 | 1735.17 | 1776.65 | 1817.73 | 1834.69 | 1851.65 | 1868.62 | 1885.58 | 1902.54 | 1911.24 | 1919.94 | 1928.64 | 1937.34 | 1946.03 | 1954.73 | 1963.43 | 1972.13 | 1980.83 | 1989.53 | 1998.23 | 2006.93 | 2015.63 | 2024.33 | 2033.03 | 2041.73 | 2050.43 | 2059.13 | 2067.83 | 2076.53 |
| Total | 39177.53 | 37872.29 | 38216.00 | 39596.08 | 40615.43 | 40999.37 | 41445.46 | 41989.18 | 42668.62 | 43297.80 | 43951.71 | 44629.52 | 45253.39 | 45864.98 | 46463.24 | 47037.99 | 47647.70 | 48249.68 | 48851.63 | 49453.60 | 50055.54 | 50657.50 | 51064.99 | 51472.44 | 51879.93 | 52287.39 | 52694.85 | 53102.31 | 53509.78 | 53917.25 | 54324.73 | 54732.21 | 55139.68 | 55547.13 | 55954.61 |