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 |
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| Abbotsbury | 674.91 | 661.80 | 644.01 | 652.04 | 649.87 | 653.41 | 656.66 | 659.45 | 662.71 | 665.97 | 669.23 | 672.48 | 675.74 | 679.00 | 682.26 | 685.51 | 688.77 | 692.03 | 695.29 | 698.54 | 701.80 | 705.06 | 708.32 | 711.57 | 714.83 | 718.09 | 721.35 | 724.60 | 727.86 | 731.12 | 734.38 | 737.63 | 740.89 | 744.15 | 747.41 |
| Bonnyrigg | 2531.18 | 2541.80 | 2542.47 | 2577.36 | 2608.23 | 2622.24 | 2644.39 | 2658.43 | 2674.94 | 2691.45 | 2707.96 | 2724.47 | 2740.98 | 2757.49 | 2774.00 | 2790.51 | 2807.02 | 2823.53 | 2840.04 | 2856.55 | 2873.06 | 2889.57 | 2906.08 | 2922.59 | 2939.10 | 2955.61 | 2972.13 | 2988.64 | 3005.15 | 3021.66 | 3038.17 | 3054.68 | 3071.19 | 3087.70 | 3104.21 |
| Bonnyrigg Heights | 2750.95 | 2704.39 | 2680.30 | 2692.61 | 2693.15 | 2706.31 | 2723.00 | 2739.76 | 2758.94 | 2778.13 | 2797.31 | 2816.50 | 2835.68 | 2854.87 | 2874.05 | 2893.24 | 2912.42 | 2931.61 | 2950.79 | 2969.98 | 2989.16 | 3008.35 | 3027.53 | 3046.72 | 3065.90 | 3085.09 | 3104.27 | 3123.46 | 3142.64 | 3161.83 | 3181.01 | 3200.20 | 3219.38 | 3238.57 | 3257.75 |
| Bossley Park | 2718.84 | 2690.73 | 2653.67 | 2678.81 | 2699.87 | 2722.74 | 2749.71 | 2767.91 | 2789.28 | 2810.65 | 2832.01 | 2853.38 | 2874.75 | 2896.12 | 2917.49 | 2938.86 | 2960.23 | 2981.60 | 3002.96 | 3024.33 | 3045.70 | 3067.07 | 3088.44 | 3109.81 | 3131.18 | 3152.55 | 3173.92 | 3195.28 | 3216.65 | 3238.02 | 3259.39 | 3280.76 | 3302.13 | 3323.50 | 3344.87 |
| Cabramatta | 3418.56 | 3319.60 | 3244.73 | 3305.41 | 3346.51 | 3367.16 | 3389.57 | 3414.54 | 3442.79 | 3471.04 | 3499.29 | 3527.54 | 3555.80 | 3584.05 | 3612.30 | 3640.55 | 3668.80 | 3697.05 | 3725.30 | 3753.55 | 3781.80 | 3810.05 | 3838.30 | 3866.55 | 3894.80 | 3923.05 | 3951.30 | 3979.55 | 4007.80 | 4036.05 | 4064.31 | 4092.56 | 4120.81 | 4149.06 | 4177.31 |
| Cabramatta West | 3344.11 | 3349.15 | 3322.57 | 3331.44 | 3366.39 | 3392.86 | 3458.22 | 3513.16 | 3570.67 | 3628.17 | 3685.67 | 3743.17 | 3800.68 | 3858.18 | 3915.68 | 3973.19 | 4030.69 | 4088.19 | 4145.69 | 4203.20 | 4260.70 | 4318.20 | 4375.71 | 4433.21 | 4490.71 | 4548.21 | 4605.72 | 4663.22 | 4720.72 | 4778.22 | 4835.73 | 4893.23 | 4950.73 | 5008.24 | 5065.74 |
| Canley Heights | 3699.34 | 3717.81 | 3677.12 | 3689.92 | 3718.80 | 3795.42 | 3836.03 | 3859.45 | 3897.12 | 3934.79 | 3972.46 | 4010.13 | 4047.80 | 4085.47 | 4123.14 | 4160.81 | 4198.48 | 4236.16 | 4273.83 | 4311.50 | 4349.17 | 4386.84 | 4424.51 | 4462.18 | 4499.85 | 4537.52 | 4575.19 | 4612.86 | 4650.53 | 4688.20 | 4725.87 | 4763.54 | 4801.21 | 4838.88 | 4876.55 |
| Canley Vale | 2895.72 | 2824.98 | 2782.88 | 2819.58 | 2847.77 | 2872.07 | 2886.96 | 2901.33 | 2925.30 | 2949.27 | 2973.23 | 2997.20 | 3021.17 | 3045.13 | 3069.10 | 3093.07 | 3117.03 | 3141.00 | 3164.97 | 3188.93 | 3212.90 | 3236.87 | 3260.83 | 3284.80 | 3308.77 | 3332.73 | 3356.70 | 3380.67 | 3404.63 | 3428.60 | 3452.57 | 3476.53 | 3500.50 | 3524.47 | 3548.43 |
| Carramar | 2759.14 | 2673.88 | 2648.48 | 2659.74 | 2752.30 | 2759.68 | 2776.49 | 2786.22 | 2800.80 | 2815.38 | 2829.95 | 2844.53 | 2859.11 | 2873.69 | 2888.27 | 2902.85 | 2917.43 | 2932.01 | 2946.59 | 2961.17 | 2975.75 | 2990.33 | 3004.90 | 3019.48 | 3034.06 | 3048.64 | 3063.22 | 3077.80 | 3092.38 | 3106.96 | 3121.54 | 3136.12 | 3150.70 | 3165.27 | 3179.85 |
| Cecil Park | 108.95 | 107.74 | 105.59 | 103.77 | 103.15 | 103.90 | 104.49 | 104.50 | 105.28 | 106.07 | 106.85 | 107.63 | 108.41 | 109.20 | 109.98 | 110.76 | 111.55 | 112.33 | 113.11 | 113.89 | 114.68 | 115.46 | 116.24 | 117.02 | 117.81 | 118.59 | 119.37 | 120.16 | 120.94 | 121.72 | 122.50 | 123.29 | 124.07 | 124.85 | 125.63 |
| Edensor Park | 2646.35 | 2605.60 | 2579.71 | 2577.91 | 2580.23 | 2603.65 | 2624.72 | 2638.03 | 2655.11 | 2672.19 | 2689.27 | 2706.35 | 2723.43 | 2740.51 | 2757.60 | 2774.68 | 2791.76 | 2808.84 | 2825.92 | 2843.00 | 2860.08 | 2877.16 | 2894.25 | 2911.33 | 2928.41 | 2945.49 | 2962.57 | 2979.65 | 2996.73 | 3013.81 | 3030.90 | 3047.98 | 3065.06 | 3082.14 | 3099.22 |
| Fairfield | 3410.59 | 3301.80 | 3244.01 | 3358.09 | 3435.50 | 3625.38 | 3655.25 | 3673.57 | 3698.35 | 3723.14 | 3747.92 | 3772.70 | 3797.49 | 3822.27 | 3847.05 | 3871.84 | 3896.62 | 3921.40 | 3946.19 | 3970.97 | 3995.75 | 4020.54 | 4045.32 | 4070.10 | 4094.89 | 4119.67 | 4144.45 | 4169.24 | 4194.02 | 4218.80 | 4243.59 | 4268.37 | 4293.15 | 4317.94 | 4342.72 |
| Fairfield East | 2148.87 | 2066.80 | 2054.82 | 2077.91 | 2108.02 | 2119.36 | 2141.21 | 2168.41 | 2201.31 | 2234.20 | 2267.09 | 2299.99 | 2332.88 | 2365.78 | 2398.67 | 2431.57 | 2464.46 | 2497.35 | 2530.25 | 2563.14 | 2596.04 | 2628.93 | 2661.82 | 2694.72 | 2727.61 | 2760.51 | 2793.40 | 2826.30 | 2859.19 | 2892.08 | 2924.98 | 2957.87 | 2990.77 | 3023.66 | 3056.56 |
| Fairfield Heights | 4451.36 | 4412.86 | 4416.35 | 4500.07 | 4560.51 | 4627.32 | 4682.36 | 4728.70 | 4824.50 | 4920.30 | 5016.09 | 5111.89 | 5207.69 | 5303.49 | 5399.29 | 5495.09 | 5590.89 | 5686.69 | 5782.49 | 5878.29 | 5974.08 | 6069.88 | 6165.68 | 6261.48 | 6357.28 | 6453.08 | 6548.88 | 6644.68 | 6740.48 | 6836.27 | 6932.07 | 7027.87 | 7123.67 | 7219.47 | 7315.27 |
| Fairfield West | 3200.65 | 3190.01 | 3194.13 | 3256.16 | 3297.50 | 3334.62 | 3386.11 | 3426.48 | 3472.93 | 3519.37 | 3565.81 | 3612.26 | 3658.70 | 3705.14 | 3751.59 | 3798.03 | 3844.47 | 3890.92 | 3937.36 | 3983.80 | 4030.25 | 4076.69 | 4123.13 | 4169.58 | 4216.02 | 4262.46 | 4308.91 | 4355.35 | 4401.80 | 4448.24 | 4494.68 | 4541.13 | 4587.57 | 4634.01 | 4680.46 |
| Greenfield Park | 2851.88 | 2833.83 | 2762.12 | 2783.82 | 2790.88 | 2811.09 | 2835.94 | 2862.62 | 2897.18 | 2931.74 | 2966.30 | 3000.86 | 3035.42 | 3069.98 | 3104.54 | 3139.10 | 3173.66 | 3208.22 | 3242.78 | 3277.34 | 3311.90 | 3346.46 | 3381.03 | 3415.59 | 3450.15 | 3484.71 | 3519.27 | 3553.83 | 3588.39 | 3622.95 | 3657.51 | 3692.07 | 3726.63 | 3761.19 | 3795.75 |
| Horsley Park | 65.97 | 63.69 | 63.86 | 63.39 | 63.14 | 63.42 | 64.09 | 64.57 | 65.60 | 66.63 | 67.65 | 68.68 | 69.71 | 70.74 | 71.76 | 72.79 | 73.82 | 74.84 | 75.87 | 76.90 | 77.93 | 78.95 | 79.98 | 81.01 | 82.04 | 83.06 | 84.09 | 85.12 | 86.15 | 87.17 | 88.20 | 89.23 | 90.25 | 91.28 | 92.31 |
| Lansvale | 724.15 | 703.80 | 691.38 | 699.69 | 702.91 | 707.77 | 715.38 | 717.71 | 721.57 | 725.43 | 729.29 | 733.15 | 737.02 | 740.88 | 744.74 | 748.60 | 752.47 | 756.33 | 760.19 | 764.05 | 767.91 | 771.78 | 775.64 | 779.50 | 783.36 | 787.23 | 791.09 | 794.95 | 798.81 | 802.67 | 806.54 | 810.40 | 814.26 | 818.12 | 821.99 |
| Mount Pritchard | 2717.25 | 2669.29 | 2634.83 | 2678.31 | 2719.03 | 2752.17 | 2796.55 | 2825.02 | 2861.69 | 2898.37 | 2935.04 | 2971.71 | 3008.38 | 3045.05 | 3081.72 | 3118.40 | 3155.07 | 3191.74 | 3228.41 | 3265.08 | 3301.75 | 3338.42 | 3375.10 | 3411.77 | 3448.44 | 3485.11 | 3521.78 | 3558.45 | 3595.13 | 3631.80 | 3668.47 | 3705.14 | 3741.81 | 3778.48 | 3815.15 |
| Old Guildford | 2350.98 | 2319.78 | 2322.18 | 2342.24 | 2349.95 | 2369.97 | 2407.43 | 2433.10 | 2468.64 | 2504.18 | 2539.72 | 2575.26 | 2610.80 | 2646.34 | 2681.88 | 2717.43 | 2752.97 | 2788.51 | 2824.05 | 2859.59 | 2895.13 | 2930.67 | 2966.21 | 3001.75 | 3037.29 | 3072.83 | 3108.37 | 3143.91 | 3179.45 | 3215.00 | 3250.54 | 3286.08 | 3321.62 | 3357.16 | 3392.70 |
| Prairiewood | 1285.94 | 1280.91 | 1269.38 | 1285.11 | 1283.44 | 1285.73 | 1295.45 | 1306.32 | 1318.30 | 1330.29 | 1342.28 | 1354.26 | 1366.25 | 1378.23 | 1390.22 | 1402.21 | 1414.19 | 1426.18 | 1438.17 | 1450.15 | 1462.14 | 1474.12 | 1486.11 | 1498.10 | 1510.08 | 1522.07 | 1534.05 | 1546.04 | 1558.03 | 1570.01 | 1582.00 | 1593.98 | 1605.97 | 1617.96 | 1629.94 |
| Smithfield | 2269.64 | 2247.97 | 2233.40 | 2276.51 | 2318.03 | 2341.34 | 2390.07 | 2424.33 | 2474.09 | 2523.85 | 2573.61 | 2623.37 | 2673.13 | 2722.88 | 2772.64 | 2822.40 | 2872.16 | 2921.92 | 2971.68 | 3021.44 | 3071.19 | 3120.95 | 3170.71 | 3220.47 | 3270.23 | 3319.99 | 3369.75 | 3419.50 | 3469.26 | 3519.02 | 3568.78 | 3618.54 | 3668.30 | 3718.06 | 3767.82 |
| St Johns Park | 2524.20 | 2518.06 | 2497.02 | 2503.67 | 2525.41 | 2538.72 | 2551.38 | 2561.07 | 2581.03 | 2600.98 | 2620.94 | 2640.90 | 2660.85 | 2680.81 | 2700.76 | 2720.72 | 2740.67 | 2760.63 | 2780.58 | 2800.54 | 2820.49 | 2840.45 | 2860.41 | 2880.36 | 2900.32 | 2920.27 | 2940.23 | 2960.18 | 2980.14 | 3000.09 | 3020.05 | 3040.01 | 3059.96 | 3079.92 | 3099.87 |
| Villawood | 2254.62 | 2243.91 | 2283.56 | 2355.40 | 2355.12 | 2362.31 | 2384.53 | 2393.81 | 2578.51 | 2763.21 | 2947.91 | 3132.60 | 3317.30 | 3502.00 | 3686.70 | 3871.40 | 4056.10 | 4240.80 | 4425.50 | 4610.19 | 4794.89 | 4979.59 | 5164.29 | 5348.99 | 5533.69 | 5718.39 | 5903.09 | 6087.78 | 6272.48 | 6457.18 | 6641.88 | 6826.58 | 7011.28 | 7195.98 | 7380.67 |
| Wakeley | 2372.44 | 2349.05 | 2306.24 | 2327.39 | 2327.86 | 2341.52 | 2353.87 | 2364.75 | 2379.76 | 2394.77 | 2409.78 | 2424.79 | 2439.81 | 2454.82 | 2469.83 | 2484.84 | 2499.85 | 2514.86 | 2529.87 | 2544.89 | 2559.90 | 2574.91 | 2589.92 | 2604.93 | 2619.94 | 2634.95 | 2649.96 | 2664.98 | 2679.99 | 2695.00 | 2710.01 | 2725.02 | 2740.03 | 2755.04 | 2770.06 |
| Wetherill Park | 459.74 | 454.38 | 452.15 | 461.60 | 465.90 | 469.70 | 474.51 | 479.22 | 485.28 | 491.35 | 497.42 | 503.48 | 509.55 | 515.62 | 521.68 | 527.75 | 533.82 | 539.88 | 545.95 | 552.02 | 558.08 | 564.15 | 570.22 | 576.28 | 582.35 | 588.42 | 594.48 | 600.55 | 606.61 | 612.68 | 618.75 | 624.81 | 630.88 | 636.95 | 643.01 |
| Yennora | 1732.73 | 1700.66 | 1703.70 | 1722.30 | 1777.00 | 1786.03 | 1794.91 | 1807.47 | 1820.09 | 1832.71 | 1845.33 | 1857.95 | 1870.57 | 1883.19 | 1895.80 | 1908.42 | 1921.04 | 1933.66 | 1946.28 | 1958.90 | 1971.52 | 1984.14 | 1996.76 | 2009.38 | 2022.00 | 2034.62 | 2047.24 | 2059.86 | 2072.48 | 2085.10 | 2097.72 | 2110.34 | 2122.96 | 2135.58 | 2148.20 |
| Total | 2524.20 | 2518.06 | 2497.02 | 2503.67 | 2525.41 | 2538.72 | 2551.38 | 2561.07 | 2581.03 | 2600.98 | 2620.94 | 2640.90 | 2660.85 | 2680.81 | 2700.76 | 2720.72 | 2740.67 | 2760.63 | 2780.58 | 2800.54 | 2820.49 | 2840.45 | 2860.41 | 2880.36 | 2900.32 | 2920.27 | 2940.23 | 2960.18 | 2980.14 | 3000.09 | 3020.05 | 3040.01 | 3059.96 | 3079.92 | 3099.87 |