Population density is the number of residents per square kilometre of land. Place Forecast works it out 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 population 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:
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denistone - Denistone West | 2219.43 | 2163.98 | 2157.79 | 2192.79 | 2212.62 | 2246.46 | 2285.87 | 2302.80 | 2328.70 | 2354.60 | 2380.50 | 2406.41 | 2432.31 | 2458.21 | 2484.11 | 2510.01 | 2535.91 | 2561.81 | 2587.71 | 2613.61 | 2639.51 | 2665.41 | 2691.31 | 2717.21 | 2743.11 | 2769.01 | 2794.91 | 2820.81 | 2846.71 | 2872.61 | 2898.51 | 2924.41 | 2950.32 | 2976.22 | 3002.12 |
| Eastwood (NSW) | 2797.67 | 2745.27 | 2752.62 | 2820.87 | 2855.29 | 2889.81 | 2955.23 | 2982.47 | 3026.52 | 3070.58 | 3114.63 | 3158.68 | 3202.74 | 3246.79 | 3290.85 | 3334.90 | 3378.96 | 3423.01 | 3467.07 | 3511.12 | 3555.18 | 3599.23 | 3643.28 | 3687.34 | 3731.39 | 3775.45 | 3819.50 | 3863.56 | 3907.61 | 3951.67 | 3995.72 | 4039.77 | 4083.83 | 4127.88 | 4171.94 |
| Gladesville - East Ryde | 2698.54 | 2694.97 | 2689.42 | 2732.57 | 2765.83 | 2784.63 | 2822.87 | 2856.33 | 2882.58 | 2908.83 | 2935.08 | 2961.33 | 2987.58 | 3013.83 | 3040.08 | 3066.33 | 3092.58 | 3118.83 | 3145.08 | 3171.33 | 3197.58 | 3223.83 | 3250.08 | 3276.33 | 3302.58 | 3328.82 | 3355.07 | 3381.32 | 3407.57 | 3433.82 | 3460.07 | 3486.32 | 3512.57 | 3538.82 | 3565.07 |
| Macquarie Park | 1269.60 | 1287.62 | 1361.18 | 1434.62 | 1536.23 | 1703.49 | 1769.41 | 1838.34 | 1919.63 | 2000.91 | 2082.20 | 2163.49 | 2244.77 | 2326.06 | 2407.35 | 2488.63 | 2569.92 | 2651.21 | 2732.49 | 2813.78 | 2895.07 | 2976.35 | 3057.64 | 3138.92 | 3220.21 | 3301.50 | 3382.78 | 3464.07 | 3545.36 | 3626.64 | 3707.93 | 3789.22 | 3870.50 | 3951.79 | 4033.08 |
| Marsfield | 2625.86 | 2558.06 | 2597.10 | 2785.06 | 2928.73 | 2941.37 | 2958.33 | 2969.10 | 2993.06 | 3017.03 | 3040.99 | 3064.95 | 3088.91 | 3112.87 | 3136.83 | 3160.79 | 3184.75 | 3208.72 | 3232.68 | 3256.64 | 3280.60 | 3304.56 | 3328.52 | 3352.48 | 3376.44 | 3400.40 | 3424.37 | 3448.33 | 3472.29 | 3496.25 | 3520.21 | 3544.17 | 3568.13 | 3592.09 | 3616.06 |
| Meadowbank (NSW) - Melrose Park (NSW) | 4357.00 | 4302.22 | 4373.22 | 4544.95 | 4631.51 | 4641.02 | 4662.44 | 4819.57 | 4846.59 | 4873.61 | 4900.63 | 4927.65 | 4954.67 | 4981.69 | 5008.71 | 5035.73 | 5062.76 | 5089.78 | 5116.80 | 5143.82 | 5170.84 | 5197.86 | 5224.88 | 5251.90 | 5278.92 | 5305.94 | 5332.96 | 5359.99 | 5387.01 | 5414.03 | 5441.05 | 5468.07 | 5495.09 | 5522.11 | 5549.13 |
| North Ryde - Chatswood West | 1966.74 | 2000.51 | 2006.20 | 2047.09 | 2082.03 | 2106.10 | 2135.51 | 2153.65 | 2182.72 | 2211.80 | 2240.88 | 2269.96 | 2299.04 | 2328.11 | 2357.19 | 2386.27 | 2415.35 | 2444.43 | 2473.50 | 2502.58 | 2531.66 | 2560.74 | 2589.82 | 2618.89 | 2647.97 | 2677.05 | 2706.13 | 2735.21 | 2764.28 | 2793.36 | 2822.44 | 2851.52 | 2880.60 | 2909.68 | 2938.75 |
| Putney - Tennyson Point | 2173.14 | 2141.06 | 2142.54 | 2161.58 | 2174.26 | 2200.63 | 2241.42 | 2319.57 | 2372.87 | 2426.17 | 2479.47 | 2532.77 | 2586.07 | 2639.37 | 2692.67 | 2745.98 | 2799.28 | 2852.58 | 2905.88 | 2959.18 | 3012.48 | 3065.78 | 3119.08 | 3172.38 | 3225.68 | 3278.98 | 3332.28 | 3385.58 | 3438.88 | 3492.18 | 3545.48 | 3598.78 | 3652.08 | 3705.38 | 3758.68 |
| Ryde | 3547.71 | 3537.65 | 3581.09 | 3691.16 | 3766.47 | 3794.77 | 3837.02 | 3857.77 | 3893.41 | 3929.05 | 3964.68 | 4000.32 | 4035.95 | 4071.59 | 4107.22 | 4142.86 | 4178.50 | 4214.13 | 4249.77 | 4285.40 | 4321.04 | 4356.67 | 4392.31 | 4427.95 | 4463.58 | 4499.22 | 4534.85 | 4570.49 | 4606.13 | 4641.76 | 4677.40 | 4713.03 | 4748.67 | 4784.30 | 4819.94 |
| West Ryde | 3026.74 | 2911.00 | 2904.41 | 3046.50 | 3148.63 | 3175.51 | 3202.21 | 3242.27 | 3265.83 | 3289.39 | 3312.96 | 3336.52 | 3360.09 | 3383.65 | 3407.22 | 3430.78 | 3454.34 | 3477.91 | 3501.47 | 3525.04 | 3548.60 | 3572.17 | 3595.73 | 3619.30 | 3642.86 | 3666.42 | 3689.99 | 3713.55 | 3737.12 | 3760.68 | 3784.25 | 3807.81 | 3831.37 | 3854.94 | 3878.50 |
| Total | 3026.74 | 2911.00 | 2904.41 | 3046.50 | 3148.63 | 3175.51 | 3202.21 | 3242.27 | 3265.83 | 3289.39 | 3312.96 | 3336.52 | 3360.09 | 3383.65 | 3407.22 | 3430.78 | 3454.34 | 3477.91 | 3501.47 | 3525.04 | 3548.60 | 3572.17 | 3595.73 | 3619.30 | 3642.86 | 3666.42 | 3689.99 | 3713.55 | 3737.12 | 3760.68 | 3784.25 | 3807.81 | 3831.37 | 3854.94 | 3878.50 |