Population is the number of people who usually live in an area. Place Forecast uses this term as shorthand for the estimated resident population. It is a key indicator for the population domain.
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 | 841.94 | 821.90 | 792.91 | 783.91 | 791.77 | 779.31 | 802.73 | 828.19 | 844.83 | 864.67 | 878.54 | 887.81 | 897.13 | 907.14 | 917.76 | 929.17 | 940.92 | 952.64 | 964.68 | 976.86 | 989.08 | 1001.30 | 1013.75 | 1026.13 | 1038.49 | 1050.94 | 1063.30 | 1075.78 | 1088.34 | 1101.01 | 1113.71 | 1126.51 | 1139.33 | 1152.29 | 1165.34 |
| 5-9 | 839.78 | 848.82 | 850.82 | 873.85 | 868.84 | 845.72 | 842.80 | 843.65 | 852.32 | 859.90 | 870.53 | 886.31 | 903.72 | 917.47 | 933.27 | 946.44 | 957.71 | 968.94 | 980.73 | 992.83 | 1005.44 | 1017.99 | 1030.72 | 1043.41 | 1056.17 | 1068.91 | 1081.59 | 1094.42 | 1107.32 | 1120.32 | 1133.34 | 1146.47 | 1159.62 | 1172.90 | 1186.27 |
| 10-14 | 776.74 | 765.72 | 756.75 | 777.84 | 802.63 | 810.63 | 838.54 | 847.27 | 853.09 | 845.67 | 837.66 | 837.80 | 841.63 | 848.45 | 858.50 | 867.87 | 879.95 | 894.12 | 905.68 | 920.23 | 932.83 | 944.11 | 955.52 | 967.15 | 978.90 | 990.92 | 1002.87 | 1014.96 | 1027.10 | 1039.34 | 1051.54 | 1063.83 | 1076.19 | 1088.64 | 1101.18 |
| 15-19 | 806.82 | 775.84 | 798.74 | 805.60 | 767.35 | 777.53 | 778.80 | 770.58 | 778.66 | 799.30 | 814.26 | 835.98 | 847.06 | 858.41 | 859.46 | 860.25 | 864.39 | 869.95 | 878.61 | 888.13 | 897.03 | 907.65 | 919.83 | 930.91 | 944.20 | 956.20 | 967.49 | 978.92 | 990.53 | 1002.30 | 1014.18 | 1026.14 | 1038.12 | 1050.22 | 1062.39 |
| 20-24 | 793.81 | 708.82 | 683.87 | 743.93 | 807.71 | 787.20 | 745.13 | 739.64 | 730.42 | 724.62 | 739.15 | 740.53 | 746.32 | 754.34 | 767.48 | 782.98 | 796.32 | 805.15 | 814.71 | 820.62 | 829.07 | 837.89 | 846.19 | 856.15 | 864.91 | 874.61 | 884.95 | 895.52 | 906.10 | 917.14 | 927.81 | 938.51 | 949.17 | 960.05 | 971.03 |
| 25-29 | 791.79 | 743.85 | 759.88 | 731.79 | 745.66 | 715.23 | 722.50 | 735.73 | 749.75 | 760.37 | 766.30 | 768.50 | 776.01 | 783.01 | 790.68 | 801.43 | 811.30 | 821.11 | 831.36 | 842.38 | 853.91 | 865.17 | 875.87 | 886.39 | 896.20 | 906.53 | 916.69 | 926.96 | 937.53 | 948.13 | 958.81 | 969.72 | 980.64 | 991.70 | 1002.94 |
| 30-34 | 969.77 | 914.81 | 913.71 | 907.75 | 877.56 | 831.22 | 837.51 | 842.78 | 857.25 | 871.80 | 880.01 | 887.91 | 898.89 | 910.58 | 922.57 | 933.72 | 944.16 | 955.54 | 967.13 | 978.91 | 991.62 | 1003.92 | 1016.34 | 1028.63 | 1041.03 | 1053.57 | 1065.93 | 1078.30 | 1090.76 | 1103.25 | 1115.78 | 1128.46 | 1141.11 | 1153.99 | 1166.95 |
| 35-39 | 858.82 | 880.85 | 874.85 | 899.82 | 932.53 | 949.70 | 967.60 | 975.59 | 962.08 | 962.32 | 955.19 | 960.34 | 969.61 | 984.41 | 999.29 | 1009.95 | 1020.77 | 1033.80 | 1047.27 | 1060.83 | 1074.34 | 1087.20 | 1100.56 | 1113.87 | 1127.20 | 1140.91 | 1154.45 | 1167.99 | 1181.65 | 1195.47 | 1209.30 | 1223.27 | 1237.23 | 1251.31 | 1265.47 |
| 40-44 | 746.81 | 740.75 | 723.79 | 759.82 | 789.72 | 845.68 | 880.47 | 891.10 | 911.09 | 921.58 | 939.19 | 954.46 | 963.52 | 959.83 | 964.92 | 966.94 | 975.95 | 986.43 | 999.81 | 1013.88 | 1026.06 | 1037.82 | 1050.75 | 1063.92 | 1077.25 | 1090.48 | 1103.26 | 1116.36 | 1129.53 | 1142.80 | 1156.26 | 1169.76 | 1183.23 | 1196.84 | 1210.57 |
| 45-49 | 831.72 | 843.72 | 838.71 | 794.71 | 779.53 | 767.90 | 781.10 | 794.25 | 854.70 | 883.49 | 940.66 | 971.63 | 982.43 | 999.14 | 1012.93 | 1028.22 | 1043.79 | 1056.78 | 1059.64 | 1069.06 | 1074.19 | 1083.86 | 1095.95 | 1111.00 | 1126.50 | 1139.55 | 1152.30 | 1166.33 | 1180.59 | 1194.89 | 1209.18 | 1223.26 | 1237.53 | 1251.90 | 1266.35 |
| 50-54 | 780.63 | 808.66 | 880.60 | 873.59 | 896.25 | 869.96 | 889.81 | 920.57 | 915.62 | 927.64 | 932.89 | 944.63 | 960.50 | 1014.69 | 1043.31 | 1096.65 | 1127.11 | 1139.91 | 1160.04 | 1176.85 | 1193.53 | 1211.50 | 1227.11 | 1232.86 | 1244.77 | 1253.81 | 1265.72 | 1279.81 | 1296.93 | 1314.25 | 1328.86 | 1343.74 | 1359.87 | 1376.10 | 1392.28 |
| 55-59 | 818.55 | 820.50 | 791.47 | 788.47 | 811.06 | 846.74 | 887.99 | 944.33 | 955.19 | 983.49 | 975.91 | 998.06 | 1027.16 | 1026.53 | 1038.89 | 1045.49 | 1058.02 | 1077.33 | 1125.11 | 1152.48 | 1200.51 | 1229.22 | 1243.66 | 1265.19 | 1283.05 | 1300.35 | 1319.34 | 1335.76 | 1343.75 | 1357.13 | 1369.02 | 1382.83 | 1398.21 | 1416.18 | 1434.25 |
| 60-64 | 767.40 | 798.44 | 791.55 | 800.57 | 806.16 | 834.78 | 849.30 | 852.42 | 870.56 | 896.72 | 939.70 | 975.47 | 1022.13 | 1034.74 | 1063.56 | 1059.46 | 1081.32 | 1108.28 | 1112.87 | 1127.03 | 1136.38 | 1148.31 | 1166.80 | 1210.02 | 1236.62 | 1281.00 | 1308.75 | 1323.91 | 1345.69 | 1364.55 | 1381.95 | 1401.50 | 1419.00 | 1428.92 | 1443.64 |
| 65-69 | 722.31 | 705.37 | 737.24 | 793.25 | 831.59 | 813.35 | 820.43 | 823.40 | 848.87 | 866.81 | 899.73 | 912.66 | 918.34 | 935.98 | 957.84 | 998.90 | 1029.88 | 1068.07 | 1079.77 | 1104.99 | 1106.05 | 1128.61 | 1153.31 | 1158.03 | 1172.58 | 1181.83 | 1196.27 | 1217.16 | 1253.74 | 1278.01 | 1315.59 | 1339.80 | 1355.12 | 1376.16 | 1393.93 |
| 70-74 | 726.90 | 763.96 | 781.99 | 750.06 | 754.58 | 749.11 | 753.48 | 774.45 | 816.84 | 836.73 | 830.29 | 838.10 | 841.72 | 861.45 | 876.60 | 905.44 | 918.43 | 926.71 | 941.57 | 960.64 | 991.82 | 1018.72 | 1050.66 | 1063.15 | 1084.77 | 1088.80 | 1108.04 | 1129.18 | 1136.73 | 1150.24 | 1161.36 | 1174.52 | 1191.94 | 1222.18 | 1243.06 |
| 75-79 | 543.22 | 556.31 | 606.22 | 652.10 | 689.30 | 713.28 | 749.09 | 759.78 | 736.94 | 750.64 | 757.52 | 762.24 | 780.52 | 816.42 | 834.17 | 830.49 | 838.78 | 844.24 | 862.76 | 876.78 | 901.88 | 914.26 | 923.15 | 937.66 | 955.37 | 981.78 | 1005.69 | 1033.43 | 1045.61 | 1064.75 | 1070.34 | 1087.98 | 1107.55 | 1115.63 | 1128.36 |
| 80-84 | 354.72 | 402.59 | 435.49 | 443.52 | 444.03 | 481.99 | 488.24 | 528.20 | 576.66 | 596.98 | 619.51 | 647.10 | 656.48 | 639.91 | 650.79 | 656.42 | 661.31 | 677.24 | 705.39 | 719.55 | 717.67 | 725.13 | 730.17 | 745.72 | 757.66 | 778.09 | 788.57 | 796.06 | 808.46 | 823.09 | 845.31 | 864.70 | 886.88 | 897.19 | 913.05 |
| 85+ | 300.81 | 312.91 | 304.88 | 326.84 | 346.68 | 374.00 | 423.06 | 451.93 | 479.43 | 506.85 | 547.78 | 580.56 | 622.22 | 668.16 | 693.91 | 731.39 | 766.38 | 795.49 | 809.88 | 830.25 | 856.15 | 880.17 | 907.78 | 933.19 | 952.98 | 965.64 | 984.00 | 1003.62 | 1029.40 | 1048.38 | 1067.95 | 1084.56 | 1100.11 | 1123.91 | 1144.35 |
| Total | 13272.54 | 13213.84 | 13323.47 | 13507.44 | 13742.95 | 13793.33 | 14058.60 | 14323.87 | 14594.28 | 14859.56 | 15124.83 | 15390.10 | 15655.38 | 15920.65 | 16185.92 | 16451.20 | 16716.47 | 16981.74 | 17247.02 | 17512.29 | 17777.56 | 18042.84 | 18308.11 | 18573.38 | 18838.66 | 19103.93 | 19369.20 | 19634.48 | 19899.75 | 20165.02 | 20430.30 | 20695.57 | 20960.84 | 21226.12 | 21491.39 |