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 | 304.88 | 275.74 | 260.97 | 250.01 | 236.01 | 259.93 | 313.47 | 356.61 | 392.59 | 416.89 | 428.87 | 439.38 | 447.84 | 455.17 | 461.87 | 468.09 | 473.94 | 479.43 | 484.65 | 489.83 | 495.00 | 500.11 | 505.28 | 510.49 | 515.75 | 521.06 | 526.51 | 532.11 | 537.81 | 543.57 | 549.36 | 555.16 | 560.94 | 566.71 | 572.45 |
| 5-9 | 387.47 | 357.38 | 341.47 | 326.43 | 319.70 | 307.81 | 281.09 | 269.63 | 257.61 | 253.65 | 266.67 | 287.96 | 305.52 | 321.74 | 334.00 | 340.60 | 346.62 | 351.87 | 356.64 | 361.16 | 365.43 | 369.52 | 373.51 | 377.42 | 381.32 | 385.24 | 389.23 | 393.30 | 397.44 | 401.63 | 405.84 | 410.10 | 414.39 | 418.69 | 423.02 |
| 10-14 | 434.44 | 430.75 | 441.71 | 451.80 | 429.02 | 415.66 | 406.49 | 405.34 | 404.80 | 410.24 | 405.62 | 392.22 | 383.99 | 378.35 | 377.23 | 388.86 | 405.74 | 420.96 | 433.96 | 444.17 | 450.74 | 456.93 | 462.69 | 468.15 | 473.45 | 478.62 | 483.77 | 488.96 | 494.15 | 499.35 | 504.57 | 509.82 | 515.08 | 520.38 | 525.70 |
| 15-19 | 410.17 | 418.94 | 439.94 | 449.03 | 477.30 | 462.79 | 483.35 | 507.34 | 522.44 | 525.12 | 526.53 | 524.39 | 526.82 | 531.03 | 538.88 | 538.93 | 532.57 | 528.27 | 525.89 | 528.18 | 539.76 | 554.78 | 568.70 | 580.73 | 590.42 | 597.84 | 605.08 | 612.10 | 619.00 | 625.84 | 632.62 | 639.36 | 646.08 | 652.78 | 659.47 |
| 20-24 | 375.11 | 353.38 | 399.98 | 463.75 | 472.99 | 493.46 | 479.70 | 456.19 | 443.24 | 442.01 | 447.30 | 461.20 | 469.02 | 476.19 | 479.21 | 483.15 | 488.25 | 493.37 | 499.08 | 504.61 | 506.27 | 507.08 | 509.66 | 514.20 | 520.58 | 528.88 | 536.64 | 544.09 | 550.92 | 557.27 | 563.35 | 569.37 | 575.32 | 581.24 | 587.13 |
| 25-29 | 246.92 | 225.10 | 241.01 | 322.61 | 394.61 | 388.57 | 338.89 | 322.43 | 322.68 | 323.24 | 327.08 | 330.52 | 332.86 | 336.17 | 340.18 | 344.47 | 348.76 | 352.23 | 355.67 | 359.24 | 362.92 | 366.55 | 370.28 | 373.99 | 377.73 | 381.41 | 385.36 | 389.57 | 393.81 | 398.02 | 402.23 | 406.39 | 410.52 | 414.61 | 418.70 |
| 30-34 | 325.79 | 297.92 | 284.06 | 280.74 | 269.92 | 295.34 | 344.64 | 372.45 | 388.32 | 395.30 | 400.16 | 404.82 | 408.94 | 413.09 | 417.61 | 422.55 | 427.50 | 432.07 | 436.45 | 440.97 | 445.50 | 449.97 | 454.54 | 459.09 | 463.69 | 468.36 | 473.29 | 478.41 | 483.58 | 488.73 | 493.84 | 498.93 | 503.99 | 509.03 | 514.07 |
| 35-39 | 365.34 | 347.29 | 330.34 | 342.61 | 350.65 | 362.71 | 382.30 | 404.54 | 420.92 | 436.51 | 452.87 | 466.65 | 476.50 | 484.87 | 491.22 | 497.01 | 502.64 | 508.11 | 513.47 | 518.91 | 524.34 | 529.71 | 535.13 | 540.54 | 545.98 | 551.48 | 557.19 | 563.07 | 569.05 | 575.07 | 581.12 | 587.19 | 593.24 | 599.28 | 605.30 |
| 40-44 | 412.07 | 406.11 | 409.20 | 427.84 | 411.98 | 407.84 | 436.74 | 448.25 | 465.94 | 482.29 | 496.14 | 505.45 | 520.17 | 531.52 | 541.87 | 553.18 | 563.88 | 572.18 | 580.51 | 587.35 | 593.74 | 599.96 | 606.22 | 612.45 | 618.73 | 625.05 | 631.49 | 638.07 | 644.75 | 651.49 | 658.30 | 665.16 | 672.06 | 678.97 | 685.90 |
| 45-49 | 427.53 | 441.35 | 424.80 | 407.07 | 400.11 | 443.23 | 468.52 | 493.90 | 519.16 | 521.21 | 527.68 | 551.94 | 562.31 | 575.48 | 588.35 | 599.65 | 607.75 | 620.63 | 630.96 | 640.45 | 650.63 | 660.41 | 668.68 | 677.16 | 684.60 | 691.78 | 698.98 | 706.30 | 713.69 | 721.18 | 728.71 | 736.30 | 743.92 | 751.57 | 759.25 |
| 50-54 | 425.53 | 413.48 | 420.62 | 448.71 | 458.75 | 430.35 | 420.37 | 425.23 | 432.67 | 465.30 | 505.77 | 520.06 | 538.69 | 556.46 | 563.48 | 572.13 | 590.27 | 598.41 | 608.97 | 620.26 | 629.88 | 638.12 | 649.06 | 658.10 | 667.12 | 676.28 | 685.10 | 693.15 | 701.22 | 708.79 | 716.26 | 723.75 | 731.28 | 738.85 | 746.47 |
| 55-59 | 424.02 | 399.11 | 388.07 | 369.02 | 377.89 | 378.42 | 378.99 | 363.24 | 356.97 | 349.99 | 330.65 | 327.66 | 334.70 | 339.11 | 353.05 | 372.57 | 381.46 | 390.38 | 400.46 | 405.30 | 409.20 | 417.37 | 421.99 | 427.98 | 434.53 | 440.40 | 445.97 | 452.35 | 457.98 | 463.67 | 469.35 | 474.91 | 480.20 | 485.47 | 490.56 |
| 60-64 | 354.47 | 338.43 | 329.65 | 373.47 | 388.52 | 386.70 | 360.47 | 351.77 | 331.43 | 330.01 | 329.82 | 330.39 | 321.42 | 318.47 | 317.74 | 310.70 | 309.18 | 314.83 | 319.20 | 327.82 | 340.05 | 346.47 | 352.09 | 357.95 | 361.31 | 364.95 | 370.64 | 375.00 | 380.01 | 385.07 | 389.81 | 394.30 | 399.19 | 403.78 | 408.35 |
| 65-69 | 296.93 | 295.43 | 303.20 | 305.07 | 306.56 | 307.64 | 313.09 | 326.93 | 348.67 | 347.96 | 342.85 | 329.76 | 322.56 | 311.62 | 311.50 | 310.62 | 312.13 | 309.24 | 309.32 | 309.74 | 307.02 | 307.34 | 310.94 | 314.90 | 320.97 | 329.12 | 334.66 | 339.31 | 344.22 | 348.04 | 351.79 | 356.64 | 360.61 | 364.87 | 369.17 |
| 70-74 | 306.29 | 296.02 | 282.34 | 269.34 | 258.16 | 255.46 | 246.36 | 240.34 | 231.86 | 227.28 | 223.06 | 224.24 | 230.53 | 243.79 | 244.37 | 242.31 | 236.26 | 233.47 | 227.73 | 228.77 | 230.42 | 232.88 | 232.04 | 232.61 | 233.38 | 232.67 | 233.70 | 236.49 | 239.13 | 243.06 | 248.28 | 252.02 | 255.43 | 258.93 | 261.44 |
| 75-79 | 211.42 | 215.24 | 235.88 | 246.88 | 263.70 | 273.50 | 280.41 | 267.84 | 260.04 | 236.29 | 228.26 | 218.75 | 212.88 | 206.81 | 202.81 | 199.05 | 199.96 | 205.05 | 215.31 | 216.96 | 216.43 | 212.92 | 210.72 | 206.59 | 207.43 | 208.59 | 210.39 | 209.97 | 210.94 | 211.95 | 211.93 | 213.03 | 215.30 | 217.57 | 220.74 |
| 80-84 | 140.60 | 137.55 | 138.73 | 143.64 | 161.64 | 176.91 | 171.15 | 181.48 | 182.15 | 190.04 | 191.19 | 198.61 | 190.13 | 183.38 | 169.04 | 164.98 | 157.33 | 153.15 | 147.49 | 144.24 | 142.48 | 143.29 | 146.78 | 154.00 | 155.18 | 154.27 | 151.84 | 151.13 | 148.56 | 148.97 | 150.14 | 151.00 | 150.64 | 151.40 | 152.07 |
| 85+ | 167.51 | 154.46 | 154.19 | 160.33 | 172.24 | 169.62 | 172.46 | 176.53 | 180.02 | 195.73 | 206.13 | 210.23 | 226.94 | 236.13 | 254.54 | 265.66 | 277.87 | 286.05 | 291.50 | 296.89 | 302.60 | 306.56 | 309.26 | 308.78 | 310.52 | 314.31 | 318.02 | 322.07 | 326.75 | 328.91 | 330.68 | 332.33 | 335.14 | 336.79 | 338.69 |
| Total | 6016.44 | 5803.67 | 5826.12 | 6038.31 | 6149.71 | 6215.95 | 6278.50 | 6370.04 | 6461.49 | 6549.07 | 6636.65 | 6724.22 | 6811.80 | 6899.38 | 6986.95 | 7074.53 | 7162.11 | 7249.68 | 7337.26 | 7424.84 | 7512.42 | 7599.99 | 7687.57 | 7775.15 | 7862.72 | 7950.30 | 8037.88 | 8125.45 | 8213.03 | 8300.61 | 8388.18 | 8475.76 | 8563.34 | 8650.91 | 8738.49 |