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 | 248.90 | 235.90 | 228.89 | 230.89 | 217.91 | 223.79 | 226.56 | 234.63 | 237.67 | 247.98 | 250.39 | 251.43 | 252.81 | 252.71 | 252.65 | 252.51 | 252.53 | 252.59 | 252.73 | 253.03 | 253.35 | 253.76 | 254.24 | 254.80 | 255.41 | 256.11 | 256.88 | 257.70 | 258.56 | 259.45 | 260.36 | 261.27 | 262.18 | 263.08 | 263.98 |
| 5-9 | 339.85 | 328.84 | 311.87 | 303.87 | 295.87 | 286.28 | 302.12 | 312.77 | 324.97 | 328.66 | 337.90 | 340.77 | 347.97 | 351.92 | 359.32 | 360.95 | 361.44 | 361.97 | 362.20 | 362.56 | 362.89 | 363.33 | 363.85 | 364.46 | 365.18 | 366.00 | 366.93 | 367.91 | 368.98 | 370.10 | 371.28 | 372.49 | 373.74 | 375.00 | 376.27 |
| 10-14 | 360.85 | 353.84 | 374.83 | 373.84 | 369.80 | 366.83 | 357.09 | 340.58 | 334.08 | 331.44 | 331.96 | 342.84 | 347.66 | 354.00 | 354.07 | 359.56 | 361.07 | 364.57 | 366.34 | 370.75 | 372.00 | 372.65 | 373.40 | 374.00 | 374.70 | 375.45 | 376.31 | 377.24 | 378.23 | 379.30 | 380.41 | 381.57 | 382.75 | 383.96 | 385.19 |
| 15-19 | 347.82 | 336.81 | 369.79 | 393.80 | 396.83 | 385.13 | 369.97 | 365.79 | 359.97 | 348.42 | 343.74 | 338.94 | 332.07 | 327.46 | 326.39 | 326.17 | 331.56 | 335.19 | 339.66 | 340.31 | 343.89 | 345.35 | 347.70 | 349.25 | 351.86 | 353.04 | 353.94 | 354.89 | 355.80 | 356.75 | 357.73 | 358.75 | 359.80 | 360.87 | 361.97 |
| 20-24 | 403.76 | 384.78 | 411.75 | 444.76 | 438.74 | 436.02 | 450.66 | 461.51 | 463.58 | 462.90 | 458.42 | 456.86 | 460.18 | 457.70 | 454.36 | 451.95 | 449.70 | 447.66 | 447.22 | 447.76 | 448.43 | 451.49 | 453.44 | 456.12 | 457.30 | 459.65 | 461.75 | 463.87 | 465.81 | 467.71 | 469.34 | 470.88 | 472.39 | 473.89 | 475.38 |
| 25-29 | 351.85 | 310.89 | 301.84 | 312.80 | 362.76 | 392.59 | 399.52 | 394.22 | 383.70 | 377.11 | 379.15 | 383.47 | 387.13 | 385.66 | 384.97 | 384.08 | 383.92 | 384.32 | 384.68 | 385.31 | 386.03 | 386.87 | 387.74 | 388.81 | 390.01 | 391.37 | 392.96 | 394.35 | 395.82 | 397.19 | 398.69 | 400.11 | 401.48 | 402.85 | 404.19 |
| 30-34 | 330.85 | 295.86 | 291.87 | 337.89 | 339.86 | 339.42 | 329.40 | 319.22 | 313.58 | 319.65 | 323.68 | 326.89 | 329.48 | 328.10 | 326.94 | 326.67 | 326.76 | 326.98 | 327.36 | 328.01 | 328.63 | 329.35 | 330.18 | 331.09 | 332.07 | 333.19 | 334.37 | 335.54 | 336.74 | 337.96 | 339.18 | 340.38 | 341.56 | 342.72 | 343.86 |
| 35-39 | 355.85 | 357.86 | 341.87 | 342.83 | 367.83 | 366.62 | 385.58 | 401.18 | 412.46 | 405.16 | 409.45 | 407.33 | 405.80 | 402.00 | 403.52 | 404.96 | 405.85 | 406.17 | 406.26 | 406.47 | 407.03 | 407.79 | 408.67 | 409.68 | 410.77 | 412.01 | 413.34 | 414.72 | 416.16 | 417.63 | 419.11 | 420.60 | 422.07 | 423.52 | 424.96 |
| 40-44 | 372.87 | 350.88 | 371.86 | 403.85 | 394.85 | 393.90 | 403.52 | 393.77 | 395.68 | 416.91 | 419.77 | 430.94 | 439.28 | 446.06 | 443.49 | 445.84 | 444.00 | 442.39 | 440.65 | 442.00 | 443.24 | 444.25 | 445.05 | 445.76 | 446.58 | 447.67 | 448.91 | 450.24 | 451.66 | 453.14 | 454.66 | 456.21 | 457.78 | 459.35 | 460.93 |
| 45-49 | 383.86 | 360.86 | 373.86 | 359.89 | 379.89 | 393.76 | 405.52 | 430.60 | 448.18 | 439.75 | 439.60 | 446.49 | 443.25 | 444.92 | 457.19 | 459.89 | 465.44 | 469.42 | 473.34 | 472.28 | 474.52 | 474.00 | 473.48 | 472.97 | 474.29 | 475.71 | 477.10 | 478.40 | 479.67 | 481.00 | 482.45 | 483.97 | 485.53 | 487.13 | 488.74 |
| 50-54 | 407.80 | 410.82 | 409.81 | 420.82 | 389.82 | 375.83 | 371.14 | 380.33 | 377.11 | 391.91 | 402.25 | 405.76 | 420.66 | 429.61 | 425.85 | 425.05 | 429.45 | 426.86 | 428.50 | 437.32 | 439.74 | 443.86 | 446.48 | 449.62 | 449.18 | 451.34 | 451.39 | 451.54 | 451.68 | 453.11 | 454.51 | 455.93 | 457.29 | 458.65 | 460.01 |
| 55-59 | 374.82 | 318.88 | 327.87 | 327.86 | 343.85 | 355.75 | 333.11 | 310.66 | 307.94 | 293.68 | 290.30 | 293.38 | 301.09 | 303.00 | 310.75 | 315.92 | 314.83 | 322.77 | 326.17 | 323.28 | 322.80 | 325.80 | 326.25 | 327.76 | 333.18 | 334.23 | 337.02 | 338.81 | 341.01 | 340.82 | 342.11 | 342.45 | 342.96 | 343.46 | 344.57 |
| 60-64 | 341.84 | 336.84 | 328.84 | 337.85 | 339.85 | 318.79 | 303.15 | 306.78 | 296.86 | 292.86 | 293.49 | 285.75 | 277.55 | 275.62 | 268.97 | 267.86 | 270.33 | 273.90 | 275.76 | 279.31 | 282.38 | 282.05 | 286.14 | 288.07 | 287.36 | 287.62 | 289.46 | 290.00 | 291.26 | 294.61 | 295.77 | 297.66 | 298.97 | 300.51 | 300.90 |
| 65-69 | 309.87 | 296.88 | 272.87 | 271.87 | 273.85 | 278.33 | 294.33 | 287.32 | 284.81 | 279.33 | 265.28 | 255.53 | 258.73 | 253.59 | 251.11 | 252.16 | 247.99 | 243.42 | 242.81 | 238.84 | 238.38 | 240.03 | 242.65 | 244.08 | 246.49 | 248.57 | 248.61 | 251.26 | 252.66 | 252.68 | 253.11 | 254.62 | 255.10 | 256.06 | 258.39 |
| 70-74 | 251.89 | 259.89 | 257.89 | 263.90 | 292.89 | 283.41 | 268.12 | 253.37 | 244.07 | 238.14 | 239.40 | 249.05 | 244.65 | 243.46 | 241.28 | 233.08 | 227.36 | 229.03 | 225.70 | 224.61 | 225.43 | 222.94 | 220.30 | 220.21 | 218.15 | 218.17 | 219.53 | 221.42 | 222.65 | 224.46 | 226.06 | 226.28 | 228.21 | 229.32 | 229.51 |
| 75-79 | 153.89 | 156.91 | 174.92 | 194.92 | 199.92 | 226.02 | 239.11 | 238.56 | 237.61 | 248.80 | 238.27 | 229.61 | 221.18 | 212.82 | 205.00 | 204.64 | 212.08 | 212.20 | 213.97 | 212.45 | 206.57 | 201.91 | 203.67 | 201.33 | 200.28 | 201.43 | 200.02 | 198.65 | 198.86 | 197.28 | 197.37 | 198.51 | 200.23 | 201.34 | 202.86 |
| 80-84 | 101.96 | 107.95 | 118.91 | 123.91 | 127.90 | 138.02 | 149.30 | 166.15 | 190.15 | 200.03 | 223.48 | 234.92 | 234.65 | 234.79 | 244.40 | 235.88 | 228.22 | 220.54 | 212.83 | 206.55 | 206.68 | 213.38 | 213.60 | 215.35 | 214.26 | 209.36 | 205.74 | 207.19 | 205.27 | 204.67 | 205.74 | 204.70 | 203.62 | 203.89 | 202.71 |
| 85+ | 171.95 | 200.95 | 176.97 | 161.97 | 160.97 | 164.77 | 170.74 | 183.10 | 189.73 | 201.03 | 211.85 | 224.20 | 245.71 | 268.07 | 282.84 | 307.55 | 323.77 | 337.97 | 353.37 | 370.35 | 380.81 | 385.57 | 389.17 | 394.26 | 402.16 | 409.95 | 418.22 | 420.33 | 424.87 | 429.44 | 431.04 | 434.17 | 436.49 | 438.17 | 440.97 |
| Total | 5610.49 | 5405.63 | 5446.53 | 5607.53 | 5693.38 | 5725.27 | 5758.92 | 5780.53 | 5802.15 | 5823.76 | 5858.37 | 5904.12 | 5949.86 | 5971.48 | 5993.09 | 6014.70 | 6036.32 | 6057.93 | 6079.55 | 6101.16 | 6122.77 | 6144.39 | 6166.00 | 6187.62 | 6209.23 | 6230.84 | 6252.46 | 6274.07 | 6295.69 | 6317.30 | 6338.91 | 6360.53 | 6382.14 | 6403.76 | 6425.37 |