Out-migration is the number of people who move out of the area each year. It covers moves abroad and moves to other parts of the country. This page shows total out-migration over time and a breakdown by age and sex.
Estimated figures come from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
In projected years, out-migration rates are applied first. Migration balancing then adjusts the result so all parts stay in line.
Out-migration is one of the four parts of how the population changes. Along with deaths, it takes people away from the area. The gap between in-migration and out-migration is net migration. Net migration is often the main driver of local growth or decline.
| Age Group | 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 | 52.42 | 67.75 | 53.00 | 49.11 | 44.86 | 57.33 | 58.89 | 62.34 | 65.07 | 65.76 | 66.28 | 66.82 | 67.32 | 67.87 | 68.44 | 68.99 | 69.50 | 69.98 | 70.42 | 70.86 | 71.27 | 71.68 | 72.09 | 72.52 | 72.96 | 73.41 | 73.86 | 74.31 | 74.76 | 75.21 | 75.67 | 76.13 | 76.60 | 77.07 |
| 5-9 | 75.10 | 74.57 | 53.56 | 57.21 | 52.27 | 70.86 | 68.45 | 67.19 | 65.28 | 66.91 | 67.54 | 68.56 | 70.31 | 71.80 | 72.54 | 73.16 | 73.76 | 74.30 | 74.84 | 75.39 | 75.92 | 76.43 | 76.93 | 77.42 | 77.91 | 78.40 | 78.88 | 79.36 | 79.85 | 80.34 | 80.84 | 81.33 | 81.83 | 82.33 |
| 10-14 | 68.97 | 68.94 | 57.42 | 58.50 | 57.35 | 74.50 | 73.50 | 71.21 | 71.66 | 71.27 | 71.39 | 71.18 | 70.85 | 70.15 | 71.07 | 71.50 | 72.42 | 73.66 | 74.66 | 75.27 | 75.82 | 76.36 | 76.88 | 77.40 | 77.92 | 78.44 | 78.96 | 79.47 | 79.97 | 80.47 | 80.97 | 81.48 | 81.98 | 82.48 |
| 15-19 | 63.09 | 60.81 | 44.51 | 47.48 | 47.29 | 63.02 | 63.15 | 63.97 | 64.66 | 63.84 | 62.29 | 61.93 | 60.75 | 61.29 | 61.19 | 61.30 | 61.40 | 61.58 | 61.58 | 61.96 | 62.16 | 62.72 | 63.72 | 64.54 | 65.06 | 65.52 | 65.97 | 66.42 | 66.86 | 67.30 | 67.74 | 68.18 | 68.61 | 69.05 |
| 20-24 | 156.42 | 147.68 | 118.65 | 126.91 | 116.74 | 166.56 | 165.89 | 167.70 | 165.60 | 164.29 | 165.87 | 167.10 | 169.06 | 169.14 | 168.46 | 167.13 | 166.88 | 166.19 | 167.61 | 167.90 | 168.83 | 169.41 | 170.23 | 170.61 | 171.57 | 172.50 | 174.00 | 175.70 | 177.18 | 178.38 | 179.55 | 180.71 | 181.87 | 183.02 |
| 25-29 | 171.61 | 164.06 | 113.73 | 133.47 | 136.81 | 186.32 | 185.26 | 186.11 | 189.44 | 190.21 | 192.10 | 192.37 | 193.51 | 194.91 | 196.24 | 198.78 | 200.04 | 201.12 | 202.13 | 202.30 | 202.76 | 203.63 | 204.17 | 205.73 | 206.78 | 208.06 | 209.35 | 210.34 | 211.46 | 212.89 | 214.18 | 215.55 | 217.01 | 218.44 |
| 30-34 | 167.74 | 140.70 | 110.18 | 112.88 | 112.42 | 155.68 | 160.44 | 156.88 | 157.58 | 157.83 | 158.59 | 159.43 | 160.64 | 162.14 | 163.60 | 165.00 | 165.91 | 167.00 | 168.11 | 169.29 | 170.64 | 171.44 | 172.49 | 173.46 | 174.45 | 175.56 | 176.58 | 177.61 | 178.78 | 179.81 | 180.98 | 182.05 | 183.13 | 184.23 |
| 35-39 | 121.18 | 113.82 | 85.84 | 90.62 | 86.97 | 115.14 | 113.04 | 119.44 | 121.90 | 122.47 | 124.16 | 126.29 | 126.60 | 127.71 | 128.56 | 129.54 | 130.49 | 131.39 | 132.31 | 133.21 | 134.10 | 134.92 | 135.76 | 136.63 | 137.51 | 138.42 | 139.29 | 140.16 | 141.02 | 141.88 | 142.75 | 143.64 | 144.51 | 145.41 |
| 40-44 | 70.12 | 70.17 | 59.90 | 67.42 | 67.56 | 89.46 | 85.90 | 84.14 | 83.90 | 85.95 | 87.25 | 88.06 | 89.68 | 90.23 | 91.60 | 92.89 | 93.66 | 94.16 | 94.78 | 95.41 | 96.04 | 96.69 | 97.30 | 97.94 | 98.57 | 99.22 | 99.85 | 100.48 | 101.11 | 101.75 | 102.39 | 103.03 | 103.68 | 104.32 |
| 45-49 | 82.09 | 64.35 | 49.02 | 45.29 | 43.82 | 57.58 | 62.21 | 66.34 | 71.67 | 75.25 | 75.95 | 74.46 | 73.52 | 73.18 | 73.68 | 75.40 | 76.22 | 76.80 | 78.21 | 78.64 | 79.38 | 80.37 | 80.67 | 81.16 | 81.66 | 82.22 | 82.74 | 83.28 | 83.81 | 84.35 | 84.89 | 85.43 | 85.96 | 86.50 |
| 50-54 | 77.62 | 68.37 | 54.32 | 57.08 | 48.14 | 62.07 | 62.54 | 61.88 | 62.97 | 63.35 | 64.81 | 66.95 | 68.64 | 70.70 | 72.32 | 72.08 | 71.42 | 72.22 | 72.13 | 73.09 | 73.68 | 74.01 | 75.08 | 75.77 | 76.28 | 77.00 | 77.64 | 78.09 | 78.61 | 79.07 | 79.58 | 80.09 | 80.59 | 81.10 |
| 55-59 | 24.13 | 40.54 | 29.19 | 32.89 | 21.67 | 28.42 | 28.98 | 28.86 | 29.24 | 29.25 | 29.92 | 30.76 | 30.84 | 30.50 | 30.17 | 30.33 | 31.46 | 33.02 | 34.38 | 35.07 | 35.24 | 34.92 | 34.81 | 35.21 | 35.60 | 36.11 | 36.37 | 36.69 | 37.01 | 37.39 | 37.70 | 37.90 | 38.13 | 38.34 |
| 60-64 | 58.31 | 50.36 | 40.90 | 46.57 | 37.56 | 48.39 | 44.61 | 47.34 | 50.78 | 52.73 | 56.27 | 56.93 | 58.18 | 59.91 | 60.46 | 59.81 | 58.49 | 56.46 | 55.63 | 56.32 | 56.94 | 58.47 | 59.71 | 60.67 | 61.49 | 61.72 | 61.30 | 61.38 | 61.41 | 61.58 | 62.48 | 62.86 | 63.14 | 63.63 |
| 65-69 | 41.61 | 31.80 | 24.39 | 26.34 | 24.97 | 32.55 | 32.25 | 29.18 | 27.49 | 27.98 | 27.63 | 29.63 | 31.85 | 33.05 | 32.88 | 33.45 | 34.16 | 35.12 | 35.30 | 33.81 | 33.39 | 33.12 | 33.85 | 34.44 | 34.78 | 34.93 | 35.48 | 35.75 | 36.31 | 36.77 | 36.87 | 36.89 | 37.24 | 37.21 |
| 70-74 | 6.92 | 15.90 | 15.03 | 18.57 | 6.64 | 9.67 | 10.03 | 10.00 | 10.56 | 11.23 | 11.29 | 11.02 | 9.95 | 10.24 | 10.63 | 10.92 | 10.90 | 10.90 | 11.46 | 11.58 | 12.07 | 11.85 | 12.11 | 12.09 | 12.15 | 12.39 | 12.54 | 12.63 | 12.65 | 12.73 | 12.60 | 12.61 | 12.74 | 13.13 |
| 75-79 | 13.11 | 13.58 | 8.14 | 14.02 | 4.80 | 5.84 | 5.67 | 6.07 | 6.36 | 6.69 | 7.10 | 7.59 | 7.97 | 7.90 | 7.90 | 7.56 | 7.70 | 7.94 | 8.23 | 8.46 | 8.60 | 9.04 | 9.01 | 9.20 | 9.18 | 9.32 | 9.26 | 9.31 | 9.41 | 9.50 | 9.67 | 9.80 | 9.88 | 9.80 |
| 80-84 | 32.56 | 13.96 | 10.33 | 10.66 | 8.42 | 11.34 | 11.72 | 12.71 | 13.08 | 13.79 | 13.81 | 13.63 | 12.82 | 13.01 | 13.19 | 14.11 | 13.70 | 14.30 | 14.01 | 14.58 | 14.24 | 14.23 | 13.11 | 12.98 | 12.92 | 12.92 | 12.98 | 13.18 | 13.58 | 13.94 | 14.24 | 14.37 | 14.55 | 14.74 |
| 85+ | 24.95 | 24.43 | 20.44 | 18.57 | 18.70 | 26.04 | 26.93 | 27.35 | 28.31 | 28.50 | 29.11 | 30.29 | 31.44 | 31.97 | 32.15 | 32.29 | 33.08 | 33.74 | 34.35 | 34.57 | 35.22 | 35.57 | 36.53 | 36.61 | 36.84 | 36.93 | 37.15 | 37.23 | 37.18 | 37.28 | 37.29 | 37.67 | 37.95 | 38.21 |
| Total | 1307.95 | 1231.79 | 948.54 | 1013.60 | 937.00 | 1260.77 | 1259.45 | 1268.69 | 1285.57 | 1297.31 | 1311.36 | 1322.99 | 1333.93 | 1345.71 | 1355.07 | 1364.24 | 1371.19 | 1379.89 | 1390.14 | 1397.71 | 1406.29 | 1414.87 | 1424.43 | 1434.37 | 1443.64 | 1453.05 | 1462.22 | 1471.39 | 1480.95 | 1490.66 | 1500.40 | 1509.72 | 1519.41 | 1529.03 |