In-migration is the number of people who move into an area each year. It covers people from abroad and from other parts of the country. This page shows total in-migration over time and a split by age and sex.
Estimated figures come from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
In projected years, in-migration is set using dwelling-based target scaling and an in-migration age profile.
In-migration is one of the four parts of how the population changes. Along with births, it adds people to the area. The gap between people moving in and people moving out 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 | 88.58 | 74.00 | 76.66 | 63.19 | 100.27 | 92.18 | 88.19 | 91.69 | 92.18 | 92.28 | 92.72 | 92.70 | 92.99 | 93.25 | 94.10 | 94.84 | 95.36 | 95.73 | 96.11 | 96.65 | 97.22 | 98.02 | 98.54 | 99.14 | 99.68 | 100.31 | 100.95 | 101.65 | 102.29 | 102.91 | 103.53 | 104.17 | 104.84 | 105.49 |
| 5-9 | 105.78 | 112.15 | 58.20 | 72.82 | 119.75 | 110.08 | 105.31 | 109.49 | 110.08 | 110.20 | 110.72 | 110.71 | 111.04 | 111.36 | 112.38 | 113.26 | 113.88 | 114.32 | 114.77 | 115.42 | 116.09 | 117.05 | 117.68 | 118.39 | 119.04 | 119.79 | 120.56 | 121.39 | 122.15 | 122.89 | 123.64 | 124.40 | 125.19 | 125.97 |
| 10-14 | 80.95 | 88.51 | 86.95 | 86.28 | 91.64 | 84.24 | 80.59 | 83.79 | 84.24 | 84.33 | 84.73 | 84.72 | 84.98 | 85.22 | 86.00 | 86.67 | 87.15 | 87.49 | 87.83 | 88.32 | 88.84 | 89.57 | 90.05 | 90.60 | 91.09 | 91.67 | 92.26 | 92.89 | 93.48 | 94.04 | 94.61 | 95.20 | 95.81 | 96.40 |
| 15-19 | 106.54 | 82.73 | 84.23 | 63.19 | 120.61 | 110.88 | 106.08 | 110.29 | 110.88 | 111.00 | 111.52 | 111.51 | 111.85 | 112.16 | 113.19 | 114.08 | 114.70 | 115.15 | 115.61 | 116.25 | 116.94 | 117.90 | 118.53 | 119.24 | 119.90 | 120.66 | 121.43 | 122.27 | 123.04 | 123.78 | 124.53 | 125.30 | 126.10 | 126.88 |
| 20-24 | 148.46 | 185.10 | 153.83 | 167.96 | 168.07 | 154.50 | 147.81 | 153.68 | 154.50 | 154.67 | 155.40 | 155.38 | 155.85 | 156.29 | 157.72 | 158.96 | 159.83 | 160.46 | 161.09 | 161.99 | 162.94 | 164.28 | 165.16 | 166.16 | 167.07 | 168.13 | 169.20 | 170.37 | 171.45 | 172.48 | 173.53 | 174.60 | 175.71 | 176.80 |
| 25-29 | 139.44 | 168.53 | 176.99 | 179.13 | 157.85 | 145.12 | 138.83 | 144.34 | 145.11 | 145.28 | 145.96 | 145.94 | 146.38 | 146.80 | 148.14 | 149.30 | 150.12 | 150.71 | 151.30 | 152.15 | 153.04 | 154.30 | 155.13 | 156.06 | 156.92 | 157.91 | 158.92 | 160.02 | 161.03 | 162.00 | 162.98 | 163.99 | 165.04 | 166.06 |
| 30-34 | 123.70 | 145.96 | 98.84 | 101.93 | 140.03 | 128.73 | 123.15 | 128.04 | 128.73 | 128.87 | 129.48 | 129.46 | 129.85 | 130.22 | 131.41 | 132.45 | 133.17 | 133.69 | 134.22 | 134.97 | 135.76 | 136.88 | 137.61 | 138.44 | 139.20 | 140.09 | 140.98 | 141.95 | 142.85 | 143.71 | 144.58 | 145.48 | 146.40 | 147.31 |
| 35-39 | 114.73 | 77.21 | 63.92 | 85.94 | 129.88 | 119.40 | 114.22 | 118.76 | 119.40 | 119.53 | 120.09 | 120.07 | 120.44 | 120.78 | 121.88 | 122.84 | 123.52 | 124.00 | 124.49 | 125.18 | 125.92 | 126.95 | 127.64 | 128.40 | 129.11 | 129.93 | 130.76 | 131.66 | 132.49 | 133.29 | 134.10 | 134.93 | 135.79 | 136.63 |
| 40-44 | 77.68 | 98.78 | 94.57 | 103.71 | 87.93 | 80.84 | 77.33 | 80.40 | 80.84 | 80.93 | 81.31 | 81.29 | 81.54 | 81.77 | 82.52 | 83.17 | 83.63 | 83.95 | 84.28 | 84.75 | 85.25 | 85.95 | 86.41 | 86.93 | 87.41 | 87.97 | 88.53 | 89.14 | 89.70 | 90.24 | 90.79 | 91.35 | 91.93 | 92.50 |
| 45-49 | 68.02 | 69.83 | 49.35 | 48.49 | 77.00 | 70.79 | 67.72 | 70.41 | 70.79 | 70.87 | 71.20 | 71.19 | 71.41 | 71.61 | 72.26 | 72.83 | 73.23 | 73.52 | 73.81 | 74.22 | 74.65 | 75.27 | 75.67 | 76.13 | 76.55 | 77.03 | 77.52 | 78.06 | 78.55 | 79.03 | 79.51 | 80.00 | 80.51 | 81.01 |
| 50-54 | 63.19 | 56.71 | 45.22 | 45.90 | 71.53 | 65.76 | 62.91 | 65.41 | 65.76 | 65.83 | 66.14 | 66.13 | 66.33 | 66.52 | 67.13 | 67.66 | 68.03 | 68.29 | 68.56 | 68.94 | 69.35 | 69.92 | 70.30 | 70.72 | 71.11 | 71.56 | 72.02 | 72.51 | 72.97 | 73.41 | 73.86 | 74.31 | 74.79 | 75.25 |
| 55-59 | 52.48 | 44.25 | 34.11 | 44.16 | 59.41 | 54.61 | 52.25 | 54.32 | 54.61 | 54.67 | 54.93 | 54.92 | 55.09 | 55.24 | 55.75 | 56.19 | 56.50 | 56.72 | 56.94 | 57.26 | 57.59 | 58.07 | 58.38 | 58.73 | 59.05 | 59.43 | 59.81 | 60.22 | 60.60 | 60.97 | 61.34 | 61.72 | 62.11 | 62.49 |
| 60-64 | 44.01 | 54.04 | 47.02 | 43.10 | 49.82 | 45.80 | 43.82 | 45.56 | 45.80 | 45.85 | 46.07 | 46.06 | 46.20 | 46.33 | 46.76 | 47.12 | 47.38 | 47.57 | 47.75 | 48.02 | 48.30 | 48.70 | 48.96 | 49.26 | 49.53 | 49.84 | 50.16 | 50.51 | 50.83 | 51.13 | 51.44 | 51.76 | 52.09 | 52.41 |
| 65-69 | 25.81 | 27.23 | 12.98 | 34.26 | 29.21 | 26.86 | 25.69 | 26.71 | 26.86 | 26.89 | 27.01 | 27.01 | 27.09 | 27.17 | 27.42 | 27.63 | 27.78 | 27.89 | 28.00 | 28.16 | 28.32 | 28.56 | 28.71 | 28.88 | 29.04 | 29.23 | 29.41 | 29.62 | 29.80 | 29.98 | 30.16 | 30.35 | 30.54 | 30.73 |
| 70-74 | 11.10 | 14.71 | 8.64 | 8.60 | 12.57 | 11.55 | 11.05 | 11.49 | 11.55 | 11.57 | 11.62 | 11.62 | 11.65 | 11.69 | 11.79 | 11.89 | 11.95 | 12.00 | 12.05 | 12.11 | 12.18 | 12.28 | 12.35 | 12.42 | 12.49 | 12.57 | 12.65 | 12.74 | 12.82 | 12.90 | 12.98 | 13.06 | 13.14 | 13.22 |
| 75-79 | 2.16 | 3.15 | 3.16 | 1.39 | 2.45 | 2.25 | 2.15 | 2.24 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.26 | 2.26 | 2.27 | 2.28 | 2.30 | 2.31 | 2.33 | 2.34 | 2.35 | 2.36 | 2.37 | 2.39 | 2.41 | 2.42 | 2.43 | 2.45 | 2.46 | 2.48 | 2.50 | 2.51 | 2.53 | 2.54 | 2.56 | 2.57 |
| 80-84 | 4.69 | 8.35 | 2.95 | 6.02 | 5.31 | 4.88 | 4.67 | 4.86 | 4.88 | 4.89 | 4.91 | 4.91 | 4.92 | 4.94 | 4.98 | 5.02 | 5.05 | 5.07 | 5.09 | 5.12 | 5.15 | 5.19 | 5.22 | 5.25 | 5.28 | 5.31 | 5.35 | 5.38 | 5.42 | 5.45 | 5.48 | 5.52 | 5.55 | 5.59 |
| 85+ | 2.16 | 7.06 | 8.91 | 0.00 | 2.44 | 2.24 | 2.15 | 2.23 | 2.24 | 2.25 | 2.26 | 2.26 | 2.26 | 2.27 | 2.29 | 2.31 | 2.32 | 2.33 | 2.34 | 2.35 | 2.37 | 2.39 | 2.40 | 2.41 | 2.43 | 2.44 | 2.46 | 2.47 | 2.49 | 2.51 | 2.52 | 2.54 | 2.55 | 2.57 |
| Total | 1259.46 | 1318.30 | 1106.53 | 1156.07 | 1425.78 | 1310.73 | 1253.92 | 1303.71 | 1310.70 | 1312.17 | 1318.33 | 1318.14 | 1322.15 | 1325.90 | 1338.02 | 1348.53 | 1355.93 | 1361.23 | 1366.57 | 1374.23 | 1382.30 | 1393.67 | 1401.15 | 1409.59 | 1417.33 | 1426.33 | 1435.43 | 1445.33 | 1454.45 | 1463.23 | 1472.12 | 1481.21 | 1490.65 | 1499.88 |