Population is the number of people living in an area. It is a key indicator for the population domain in Place Forecast.
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 | 823.37 | 834.08 | 820.05 | 865.33 | 842.50 | 869.83 | 917.62 | 929.28 | 933.12 | 957.15 | 975.20 | 992.73 | 1009.62 | 1026.53 | 1043.30 | 1060.36 | 1077.29 | 1094.25 | 1110.86 | 1127.24 | 1143.49 | 1159.83 | 1176.07 | 1192.29 | 1208.44 | 1224.59 | 1240.78 | 1256.98 | 1273.16 | 1289.34 | 1305.48 | 1321.57 | 1337.61 | 1353.63 | 1369.66 |
| 5-9 | 901.18 | 862.28 | 842.54 | 847.43 | 875.03 | 867.07 | 870.33 | 881.14 | 916.05 | 933.66 | 956.59 | 985.39 | 1004.29 | 1015.09 | 1034.45 | 1051.31 | 1067.95 | 1084.48 | 1100.95 | 1117.42 | 1133.93 | 1150.48 | 1166.87 | 1183.12 | 1199.18 | 1215.20 | 1231.21 | 1247.24 | 1263.24 | 1279.24 | 1295.20 | 1311.14 | 1327.05 | 1342.97 | 1358.90 |
| 10-14 | 939.85 | 922.96 | 902.45 | 910.49 | 892.84 | 880.08 | 886.79 | 895.64 | 909.14 | 926.60 | 937.38 | 946.89 | 962.61 | 985.88 | 1002.27 | 1020.77 | 1042.86 | 1060.36 | 1073.44 | 1090.92 | 1107.16 | 1123.39 | 1139.42 | 1155.42 | 1171.33 | 1187.26 | 1203.18 | 1219.07 | 1234.88 | 1250.63 | 1266.34 | 1281.99 | 1297.64 | 1313.27 | 1328.92 |
| 15-19 | 864.09 | 887.86 | 887.81 | 900.61 | 944.79 | 1003.13 | 1022.76 | 1046.32 | 1061.77 | 1068.25 | 1074.69 | 1088.29 | 1106.00 | 1121.88 | 1141.08 | 1157.01 | 1171.51 | 1188.75 | 1210.64 | 1229.93 | 1249.88 | 1271.66 | 1290.72 | 1307.22 | 1326.20 | 1344.47 | 1362.69 | 1380.83 | 1398.93 | 1417.02 | 1435.09 | 1453.11 | 1471.09 | 1489.02 | 1506.93 |
| 20-24 | 929.64 | 877.12 | 891.23 | 965.53 | 960.25 | 936.47 | 974.03 | 954.64 | 966.21 | 997.48 | 1040.18 | 1053.19 | 1076.81 | 1095.52 | 1110.31 | 1120.47 | 1135.21 | 1152.15 | 1168.16 | 1187.22 | 1203.55 | 1218.78 | 1235.86 | 1255.19 | 1272.95 | 1290.74 | 1309.83 | 1327.97 | 1344.40 | 1362.26 | 1379.74 | 1397.14 | 1414.49 | 1431.82 | 1449.17 |
| 25-29 | 934.54 | 895.41 | 874.62 | 913.66 | 969.68 | 977.73 | 1002.08 | 1015.86 | 1056.62 | 1056.16 | 1059.99 | 1087.54 | 1093.87 | 1110.03 | 1130.32 | 1160.11 | 1176.58 | 1196.77 | 1215.75 | 1230.56 | 1245.97 | 1263.11 | 1280.46 | 1298.02 | 1315.79 | 1333.12 | 1349.52 | 1366.77 | 1385.58 | 1403.16 | 1420.89 | 1439.02 | 1456.74 | 1473.94 | 1491.66 |
| 30-34 | 866.47 | 870.41 | 885.23 | 905.16 | 905.18 | 910.88 | 920.99 | 943.78 | 959.44 | 985.56 | 1004.81 | 1021.77 | 1039.94 | 1063.83 | 1073.97 | 1086.17 | 1106.20 | 1119.47 | 1135.68 | 1153.47 | 1173.73 | 1189.80 | 1206.97 | 1223.77 | 1239.28 | 1255.01 | 1271.11 | 1287.44 | 1303.75 | 1320.17 | 1336.39 | 1352.29 | 1368.50 | 1385.14 | 1401.39 |
| 35-39 | 812.64 | 804.49 | 788.46 | 803.63 | 838.39 | 842.49 | 851.83 | 875.45 | 885.18 | 898.98 | 913.83 | 927.00 | 947.48 | 964.73 | 983.95 | 1001.62 | 1017.21 | 1033.06 | 1050.94 | 1063.02 | 1076.79 | 1093.53 | 1107.93 | 1122.99 | 1138.74 | 1155.39 | 1170.64 | 1186.15 | 1201.40 | 1216.11 | 1231.06 | 1246.10 | 1261.19 | 1276.27 | 1291.36 |
| 40-44 | 769.33 | 762.45 | 726.58 | 717.69 | 763.75 | 780.16 | 814.13 | 796.26 | 801.94 | 810.89 | 826.31 | 835.70 | 859.10 | 871.23 | 883.82 | 896.66 | 910.93 | 927.13 | 942.86 | 959.15 | 974.05 | 988.01 | 1001.61 | 1017.01 | 1029.51 | 1042.90 | 1057.39 | 1070.90 | 1084.69 | 1099.01 | 1113.42 | 1127.20 | 1141.20 | 1155.04 | 1168.73 |
| 45-49 | 867.37 | 809.23 | 784.11 | 806.80 | 777.80 | 754.09 | 752.23 | 761.60 | 772.97 | 804.56 | 821.84 | 844.28 | 840.82 | 849.42 | 860.56 | 876.92 | 889.83 | 909.19 | 921.98 | 935.44 | 948.55 | 962.86 | 977.96 | 993.07 | 1008.46 | 1023.05 | 1036.87 | 1050.51 | 1065.02 | 1077.88 | 1091.34 | 1105.47 | 1119.10 | 1132.80 | 1146.80 |
| 50-54 | 797.22 | 823.05 | 843.85 | 866.03 | 890.09 | 870.44 | 860.25 | 863.29 | 879.25 | 866.97 | 867.13 | 873.36 | 888.38 | 900.45 | 925.79 | 943.09 | 962.67 | 967.54 | 979.89 | 992.53 | 1009.38 | 1024.09 | 1042.82 | 1057.23 | 1071.75 | 1085.82 | 1101.06 | 1116.45 | 1132.26 | 1148.06 | 1163.38 | 1178.07 | 1192.61 | 1207.77 | 1221.83 |
| 55-59 | 812.84 | 776.99 | 748.84 | 719.63 | 756.51 | 788.72 | 833.70 | 850.78 | 875.02 | 879.05 | 875.89 | 872.58 | 879.80 | 894.04 | 890.76 | 895.20 | 904.27 | 918.26 | 930.37 | 951.80 | 968.10 | 985.16 | 993.97 | 1006.51 | 1019.92 | 1035.84 | 1049.90 | 1066.77 | 1080.80 | 1094.85 | 1108.96 | 1123.63 | 1138.53 | 1153.49 | 1168.57 |
| 60-64 | 766.74 | 780.72 | 792.80 | 777.57 | 770.79 | 787.48 | 777.61 | 783.23 | 776.09 | 808.75 | 835.03 | 871.47 | 889.74 | 912.71 | 919.97 | 921.52 | 923.55 | 933.41 | 948.15 | 950.66 | 958.52 | 969.39 | 983.20 | 996.08 | 1015.16 | 1030.96 | 1047.86 | 1058.28 | 1071.58 | 1085.04 | 1100.24 | 1114.40 | 1130.47 | 1144.73 | 1158.94 |
| 65-69 | 626.10 | 656.93 | 691.65 | 713.76 | 726.55 | 730.36 | 731.69 | 735.20 | 735.08 | 739.09 | 756.64 | 752.25 | 762.40 | 761.28 | 787.82 | 808.72 | 836.57 | 852.02 | 870.91 | 879.23 | 883.47 | 888.28 | 898.74 | 912.34 | 917.52 | 926.35 | 936.96 | 950.06 | 962.40 | 978.85 | 992.90 | 1007.81 | 1018.21 | 1030.73 | 1043.26 |
| 70-74 | 516.91 | 518.96 | 507.08 | 531.80 | 555.80 | 547.35 | 571.80 | 604.48 | 619.83 | 618.26 | 626.66 | 627.40 | 631.94 | 632.08 | 635.51 | 648.79 | 646.79 | 654.44 | 654.87 | 674.34 | 690.41 | 712.26 | 724.82 | 741.51 | 748.89 | 753.78 | 759.71 | 769.09 | 780.68 | 786.33 | 794.46 | 803.89 | 814.87 | 825.16 | 838.50 |
| 75-79 | 434.07 | 421.22 | 430.40 | 422.72 | 442.69 | 462.76 | 479.15 | 464.86 | 481.57 | 495.12 | 489.76 | 511.69 | 537.28 | 550.07 | 549.74 | 557.60 | 558.48 | 562.67 | 563.82 | 567.27 | 577.97 | 576.77 | 583.56 | 584.55 | 600.77 | 614.14 | 632.26 | 643.08 | 657.37 | 663.91 | 668.60 | 674.47 | 683.08 | 693.18 | 698.64 |
| 80-84 | 323.66 | 338.58 | 353.46 | 344.52 | 349.55 | 364.25 | 355.69 | 375.09 | 387.02 | 409.35 | 426.37 | 439.51 | 431.74 | 444.90 | 457.25 | 454.16 | 473.51 | 493.57 | 504.13 | 504.81 | 512.49 | 513.62 | 517.47 | 519.23 | 522.54 | 531.33 | 530.77 | 536.82 | 538.21 | 551.97 | 563.47 | 578.64 | 587.95 | 600.33 | 606.43 |
| 85+ | 342.35 | 358.40 | 344.40 | 356.35 | 350.35 | 376.13 | 412.93 | 436.91 | 458.24 | 479.45 | 507.82 | 525.85 | 555.86 | 578.78 | 608.36 | 639.50 | 659.35 | 674.04 | 698.91 | 728.09 | 746.42 | 773.61 | 796.97 | 820.66 | 840.52 | 857.77 | 876.78 | 894.89 | 911.70 | 927.00 | 944.66 | 956.45 | 972.85 | 984.64 | 1005.02 |
| Total | 13328.38 | 13201.14 | 13115.54 | 13368.71 | 13612.53 | 13749.42 | 14035.61 | 14213.79 | 14474.56 | 14735.34 | 14996.11 | 15256.89 | 15517.67 | 15778.44 | 16039.22 | 16299.99 | 16560.77 | 16821.54 | 17082.32 | 17343.09 | 17603.87 | 17864.64 | 18125.42 | 18386.19 | 18646.97 | 18907.74 | 19168.52 | 19429.29 | 19690.07 | 19950.84 | 20211.62 | 20472.39 | 20733.17 | 20993.94 | 21254.72 |