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 | 1185.36 | 1172.85 | 1087.64 | 1040.04 | 988.95 | 939.50 | 923.93 | 920.13 | 909.96 | 905.51 | 901.73 | 901.55 | 903.53 | 907.39 | 912.69 | 918.91 | 925.88 | 933.48 | 941.86 | 950.49 | 959.46 | 968.30 | 976.65 | 984.54 | 992.05 | 999.46 | 1006.77 | 1014.07 | 1021.45 | 1028.82 | 1036.18 | 1043.53 | 1050.97 | 1058.47 | 1066.01 |
| 5-9 | 1205.34 | 1250.02 | 1301.95 | 1339.92 | 1401.12 | 1395.90 | 1320.82 | 1244.90 | 1215.17 | 1202.85 | 1181.31 | 1182.40 | 1189.00 | 1190.25 | 1195.95 | 1200.82 | 1207.04 | 1214.58 | 1223.36 | 1232.97 | 1243.39 | 1254.28 | 1265.18 | 1275.96 | 1286.52 | 1296.92 | 1307.14 | 1317.21 | 1327.18 | 1337.00 | 1346.80 | 1356.55 | 1366.32 | 1376.15 | 1386.01 |
| 10-14 | 997.94 | 1095.14 | 1195.37 | 1259.98 | 1282.10 | 1310.71 | 1351.30 | 1380.74 | 1402.10 | 1420.28 | 1430.46 | 1401.85 | 1365.86 | 1355.46 | 1354.51 | 1346.49 | 1352.10 | 1362.10 | 1369.21 | 1379.28 | 1388.83 | 1399.23 | 1410.01 | 1420.95 | 1431.95 | 1443.06 | 1454.37 | 1465.82 | 1477.33 | 1488.80 | 1500.21 | 1511.52 | 1522.74 | 1533.92 | 1545.07 |
| 15-19 | 606.33 | 664.61 | 794.78 | 916.77 | 1023.14 | 1039.94 | 1070.96 | 1108.86 | 1124.61 | 1135.95 | 1157.62 | 1189.03 | 1214.91 | 1233.31 | 1247.57 | 1257.26 | 1242.90 | 1223.85 | 1220.61 | 1222.29 | 1220.67 | 1227.64 | 1237.35 | 1245.23 | 1254.70 | 1263.56 | 1272.84 | 1282.39 | 1292.10 | 1301.90 | 1311.81 | 1321.85 | 1331.99 | 1342.16 | 1352.32 |
| 20-24 | 557.35 | 536.13 | 537.27 | 588.01 | 655.66 | 624.48 | 620.46 | 648.34 | 672.72 | 677.55 | 688.46 | 706.07 | 727.64 | 736.11 | 737.29 | 748.41 | 767.17 | 784.25 | 791.26 | 793.26 | 799.22 | 796.27 | 792.20 | 794.13 | 796.94 | 800.46 | 805.87 | 811.81 | 817.47 | 823.44 | 829.38 | 835.42 | 841.59 | 847.83 | 854.11 |
| 25-29 | 811.94 | 687.14 | 640.60 | 706.32 | 728.48 | 695.43 | 652.40 | 598.73 | 573.31 | 568.58 | 568.51 | 573.52 | 582.93 | 592.06 | 597.73 | 604.38 | 611.67 | 619.40 | 625.22 | 630.08 | 637.35 | 645.47 | 652.39 | 657.38 | 661.61 | 666.54 | 669.70 | 672.85 | 677.27 | 681.76 | 686.20 | 690.96 | 695.94 | 700.88 | 705.93 |
| 30-34 | 1270.53 | 1212.94 | 1174.95 | 1184.23 | 1138.71 | 1062.37 | 995.37 | 979.86 | 970.61 | 959.99 | 960.57 | 959.67 | 951.15 | 948.82 | 953.94 | 960.25 | 968.26 | 978.51 | 988.86 | 998.40 | 1008.28 | 1018.20 | 1027.80 | 1036.36 | 1044.45 | 1052.71 | 1061.11 | 1069.45 | 1077.45 | 1085.24 | 1093.14 | 1100.52 | 1107.86 | 1115.58 | 1123.39 |
| 35-39 | 1494.08 | 1573.61 | 1586.99 | 1610.86 | 1620.50 | 1588.10 | 1557.57 | 1571.20 | 1561.09 | 1546.25 | 1517.16 | 1497.37 | 1499.66 | 1503.43 | 1508.61 | 1518.75 | 1527.73 | 1531.63 | 1539.41 | 1551.58 | 1564.76 | 1579.01 | 1594.12 | 1608.39 | 1621.78 | 1634.80 | 1647.74 | 1660.70 | 1673.32 | 1685.80 | 1698.32 | 1710.92 | 1723.50 | 1736.02 | 1748.54 |
| 40-44 | 1099.33 | 1240.63 | 1329.55 | 1521.87 | 1646.07 | 1722.03 | 1761.24 | 1688.34 | 1674.05 | 1662.09 | 1649.17 | 1636.87 | 1654.47 | 1656.32 | 1655.20 | 1644.44 | 1637.78 | 1645.64 | 1653.85 | 1663.24 | 1676.73 | 1689.82 | 1699.11 | 1710.15 | 1723.68 | 1737.14 | 1751.23 | 1766.01 | 1780.46 | 1794.45 | 1808.25 | 1822.04 | 1835.79 | 1849.35 | 1862.89 |
| 45-49 | 703.79 | 749.89 | 886.94 | 935.29 | 1046.58 | 1141.03 | 1222.45 | 1341.04 | 1447.47 | 1523.06 | 1581.58 | 1614.66 | 1566.59 | 1557.64 | 1548.57 | 1542.34 | 1537.65 | 1554.81 | 1558.83 | 1560.14 | 1555.35 | 1553.49 | 1562.19 | 1571.28 | 1581.36 | 1593.88 | 1605.80 | 1615.20 | 1625.91 | 1638.47 | 1651.11 | 1664.24 | 1677.85 | 1691.19 | 1704.22 |
| 50-54 | 501.23 | 533.48 | 567.72 | 635.89 | 673.83 | 683.42 | 726.11 | 800.64 | 815.52 | 869.68 | 938.43 | 997.06 | 1079.02 | 1148.31 | 1199.10 | 1241.31 | 1267.53 | 1238.26 | 1234.10 | 1230.18 | 1226.63 | 1224.07 | 1235.81 | 1239.42 | 1242.05 | 1239.97 | 1240.20 | 1247.66 | 1255.30 | 1263.45 | 1273.28 | 1282.82 | 1290.62 | 1299.33 | 1309.25 |
| 55-59 | 448.24 | 447.21 | 459.38 | 443.36 | 440.32 | 471.39 | 495.67 | 507.79 | 547.14 | 577.36 | 589.55 | 622.22 | 671.47 | 681.60 | 715.94 | 759.16 | 799.50 | 856.88 | 905.76 | 940.26 | 966.49 | 982.09 | 962.86 | 961.45 | 960.24 | 961.17 | 962.52 | 971.75 | 975.51 | 978.17 | 978.32 | 979.68 | 985.69 | 991.96 | 998.54 |
| 60-64 | 330.19 | 347.30 | 373.22 | 390.32 | 415.45 | 417.46 | 397.99 | 388.50 | 382.59 | 372.00 | 389.41 | 405.13 | 412.12 | 438.72 | 458.87 | 465.06 | 483.46 | 511.34 | 518.81 | 542.90 | 572.32 | 598.75 | 633.62 | 661.33 | 680.84 | 698.21 | 711.05 | 702.75 | 705.08 | 705.18 | 705.83 | 705.77 | 710.41 | 712.79 | 714.81 |
| 65-69 | 252.40 | 272.53 | 264.43 | 288.48 | 287.52 | 303.02 | 317.41 | 338.40 | 348.12 | 360.46 | 361.87 | 353.17 | 350.58 | 347.25 | 339.69 | 350.49 | 361.46 | 368.30 | 384.54 | 395.50 | 399.05 | 409.76 | 427.27 | 434.26 | 450.88 | 468.81 | 483.60 | 503.77 | 519.71 | 533.12 | 545.08 | 554.91 | 552.28 | 554.33 | 554.84 |
| 70-74 | 152.24 | 176.33 | 196.47 | 197.40 | 226.35 | 220.73 | 230.33 | 222.36 | 236.40 | 235.72 | 245.48 | 252.09 | 264.55 | 271.50 | 281.60 | 284.11 | 279.02 | 278.70 | 277.90 | 275.38 | 281.64 | 287.47 | 291.05 | 300.39 | 308.12 | 310.78 | 316.72 | 326.21 | 329.64 | 339.06 | 349.67 | 358.80 | 369.81 | 378.70 | 385.97 |
| 75-79 | 80.05 | 88.93 | 105.90 | 148.00 | 141.26 | 154.71 | 180.74 | 186.51 | 183.80 | 195.46 | 191.61 | 197.49 | 196.19 | 203.51 | 203.35 | 212.54 | 219.02 | 228.73 | 231.87 | 238.17 | 240.72 | 238.09 | 238.52 | 237.74 | 235.45 | 240.13 | 245.55 | 249.07 | 255.30 | 260.86 | 262.80 | 267.39 | 275.04 | 278.35 | 285.39 |
| 80-84 | 35.07 | 37.22 | 45.21 | 42.21 | 63.05 | 77.77 | 83.69 | 103.96 | 129.55 | 132.00 | 142.95 | 163.07 | 167.90 | 166.22 | 175.29 | 172.68 | 177.90 | 175.90 | 182.97 | 183.62 | 190.09 | 193.99 | 201.87 | 204.88 | 209.85 | 212.11 | 210.29 | 210.57 | 210.30 | 209.05 | 212.96 | 217.01 | 220.03 | 225.34 | 229.95 |
| 85+ | 12.01 | 21.00 | 36.00 | 44.00 | 48.03 | 56.01 | 64.65 | 74.35 | 82.12 | 103.19 | 123.78 | 138.08 | 165.42 | 196.72 | 220.39 | 250.55 | 283.53 | 314.94 | 344.51 | 376.86 | 405.27 | 441.99 | 471.57 | 507.41 | 540.43 | 574.83 | 613.73 | 650.59 | 688.78 | 726.64 | 763.53 | 800.63 | 837.75 | 875.52 | 912.29 |
| Total | 11743.42 | 12106.95 | 12584.37 | 13292.94 | 13827.13 | 13904.01 | 13973.10 | 14104.66 | 14276.32 | 14447.98 | 14619.64 | 14791.30 | 14962.96 | 15134.63 | 15306.29 | 15477.95 | 15649.61 | 15821.27 | 15992.93 | 16164.60 | 16336.26 | 16507.92 | 16679.58 | 16851.24 | 17022.90 | 17194.57 | 17366.23 | 17537.89 | 17709.55 | 17881.21 | 18052.87 | 18224.54 | 18396.20 | 18567.86 | 18739.52 |