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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| Armstrong Creek - Mount Duneed | 272.85 | 315.99 | 362.74 | 402.12 | 447.37 | 484.74 | 525.86 | 568.19 | 610.73 | 652.81 | 694.88 | 736.96 | 779.03 | 821.11 | 863.18 | 905.26 | 947.33 | 989.41 | 1031.48 | 1073.56 | 1115.63 | 1157.71 | 1199.78 | 1241.86 | 1283.93 | 1326.01 | 1368.09 | 1410.16 | 1452.24 | 1494.31 | 1536.39 | 1578.46 | 1620.54 | 1662.61 | 1704.69 |
| Barwon Heads - Connewarre - Breamlea | 80.69 | 81.13 | 85.14 | 86.87 | 88.87 | 90.61 | 91.67 | 93.02 | 94.38 | 95.70 | 97.02 | 98.34 | 99.66 | 100.98 | 102.30 | 103.63 | 104.95 | 106.27 | 107.59 | 108.91 | 110.23 | 111.55 | 112.87 | 114.19 | 115.52 | 116.84 | 118.16 | 119.48 | 120.80 | 122.12 | 123.44 | 124.76 | 126.08 | 127.41 | 128.73 |
| Bell Park | 1781.12 | 1779.45 | 1780.53 | 1778.63 | 1768.60 | 1773.54 | 1776.81 | 1781.45 | 1791.12 | 1795.76 | 1800.39 | 1805.03 | 1809.67 | 1814.31 | 1818.95 | 1823.58 | 1828.22 | 1832.86 | 1837.50 | 1842.13 | 1846.77 | 1851.41 | 1856.05 | 1860.69 | 1865.32 | 1869.96 | 1874.60 | 1879.24 | 1883.87 | 1888.51 | 1893.15 | 1897.79 | 1902.43 | 1907.06 | 1911.70 |
| Bell Post Hill | 774.83 | 763.88 | 763.91 | 766.54 | 769.82 | 771.92 | 773.59 | 775.23 | 776.88 | 778.52 | 780.16 | 781.80 | 783.44 | 785.08 | 786.72 | 788.36 | 790.00 | 791.64 | 793.28 | 794.92 | 796.56 | 798.20 | 799.84 | 801.47 | 803.11 | 804.75 | 806.39 | 808.03 | 809.67 | 811.31 | 812.95 | 814.59 | 816.23 | 817.87 | 819.51 |
| Belmont | 1468.68 | 1458.94 | 1454.13 | 1459.11 | 1472.41 | 1475.50 | 1481.04 | 1487.15 | 1494.16 | 1500.01 | 1505.85 | 1511.69 | 1517.54 | 1523.38 | 1529.22 | 1535.07 | 1540.91 | 1546.75 | 1552.59 | 1558.44 | 1564.28 | 1570.12 | 1575.97 | 1581.81 | 1587.65 | 1593.50 | 1599.34 | 1605.18 | 1611.03 | 1616.87 | 1622.71 | 1628.56 | 1634.40 | 1640.24 | 1646.08 |
| Clifton Springs | 1229.41 | 1228.61 | 1262.03 | 1294.21 | 1299.50 | 1306.05 | 1307.47 | 1309.18 | 1311.14 | 1312.86 | 1314.57 | 1316.29 | 1318.00 | 1319.72 | 1321.44 | 1323.15 | 1324.87 | 1326.58 | 1328.30 | 1330.01 | 1331.73 | 1333.44 | 1335.16 | 1336.88 | 1338.59 | 1340.31 | 1342.02 | 1343.74 | 1345.45 | 1347.17 | 1348.88 | 1350.60 | 1352.31 | 1354.03 | 1355.75 |
| Corio | 683.53 | 671.96 | 667.10 | 673.39 | 675.51 | 677.37 | 678.90 | 681.31 | 684.19 | 686.38 | 688.56 | 690.74 | 692.93 | 695.11 | 697.30 | 699.48 | 701.67 | 703.85 | 706.03 | 708.22 | 710.40 | 712.59 | 714.77 | 716.95 | 719.14 | 721.32 | 723.51 | 725.69 | 727.88 | 730.06 | 732.24 | 734.43 | 736.61 | 738.80 | 740.98 |
| Curlewis | 182.90 | 206.21 | 208.87 | 213.72 | 220.12 | 221.32 | 222.40 | 223.24 | 224.08 | 224.92 | 225.76 | 226.60 | 227.44 | 228.28 | 229.12 | 229.96 | 230.80 | 231.64 | 232.48 | 233.32 | 234.16 | 235.00 | 235.83 | 236.67 | 237.51 | 238.35 | 239.19 | 240.03 | 240.87 | 241.71 | 242.55 | 243.39 | 244.23 | 245.07 | 245.91 |
| Drysdale - Bellarine | 76.68 | 79.25 | 81.21 | 82.82 | 83.66 | 83.94 | 84.73 | 85.80 | 86.83 | 87.85 | 88.87 | 89.89 | 90.91 | 91.93 | 92.95 | 93.97 | 95.00 | 96.02 | 97.04 | 98.06 | 99.08 | 100.10 | 101.12 | 102.15 | 103.17 | 104.19 | 105.21 | 106.23 | 107.25 | 108.27 | 109.29 | 110.32 | 111.34 | 112.36 | 113.38 |
| East Geelong | 1023.94 | 1027.60 | 1022.72 | 1036.73 | 1033.68 | 1035.38 | 1037.95 | 1042.20 | 1045.86 | 1048.79 | 1051.72 | 1054.65 | 1057.57 | 1060.50 | 1063.43 | 1066.36 | 1069.29 | 1072.22 | 1075.15 | 1078.08 | 1081.01 | 1083.94 | 1086.87 | 1089.80 | 1092.73 | 1095.66 | 1098.59 | 1101.52 | 1104.45 | 1107.38 | 1110.31 | 1113.24 | 1116.17 | 1119.09 | 1122.02 |
| Geelong | 1547.50 | 1553.60 | 1551.91 | 1570.68 | 1590.66 | 1595.38 | 1634.95 | 1670.35 | 1673.63 | 1676.92 | 1680.21 | 1683.50 | 1686.79 | 1690.07 | 1693.36 | 1696.65 | 1699.94 | 1703.23 | 1706.51 | 1709.80 | 1713.09 | 1716.38 | 1719.67 | 1722.95 | 1726.24 | 1729.53 | 1732.82 | 1736.11 | 1739.39 | 1742.68 | 1745.97 | 1749.26 | 1752.55 | 1755.83 | 1759.12 |
| Geelong West - Manifold Heights | 2666.14 | 2657.68 | 2660.82 | 2703.35 | 2743.52 | 2752.57 | 2764.91 | 2778.45 | 2793.75 | 2806.21 | 2818.68 | 2831.15 | 2843.61 | 2856.08 | 2868.55 | 2881.01 | 2893.48 | 2905.95 | 2918.41 | 2930.88 | 2943.35 | 2955.81 | 2968.28 | 2980.75 | 2993.21 | 3005.68 | 3018.15 | 3030.61 | 3043.08 | 3055.55 | 3068.01 | 3080.48 | 3092.94 | 3105.41 | 3117.88 |
| Grovedale | 1809.47 | 1808.86 | 1833.02 | 1840.78 | 1848.05 | 1851.87 | 1855.09 | 1858.62 | 1862.14 | 1865.67 | 1869.20 | 1872.72 | 1876.25 | 1879.77 | 1883.30 | 1886.83 | 1890.35 | 1893.88 | 1897.41 | 1900.93 | 1904.46 | 1907.99 | 1911.51 | 1915.04 | 1918.57 | 1922.09 | 1925.62 | 1929.14 | 1932.67 | 1936.20 | 1939.72 | 1943.25 | 1946.78 | 1950.30 | 1953.83 |
| Hamlyn Heights | 2061.14 | 2043.11 | 2062.57 | 2117.84 | 2139.39 | 2154.31 | 2163.79 | 2173.35 | 2183.30 | 2190.79 | 2198.28 | 2205.77 | 2213.27 | 2220.76 | 2228.25 | 2235.74 | 2243.23 | 2250.72 | 2258.21 | 2265.70 | 2273.20 | 2280.69 | 2288.18 | 2295.67 | 2303.16 | 2310.65 | 2318.14 | 2325.63 | 2333.13 | 2340.62 | 2348.11 | 2355.60 | 2363.09 | 2370.58 | 2378.07 |
| Herne Hill - Fyansford | 150.61 | 157.21 | 158.74 | 162.97 | 166.09 | 170.37 | 173.14 | 176.75 | 180.44 | 183.97 | 187.49 | 191.02 | 194.55 | 198.07 | 201.60 | 205.13 | 208.66 | 212.18 | 215.71 | 219.24 | 222.76 | 226.29 | 229.82 | 233.34 | 236.87 | 240.40 | 243.93 | 247.45 | 250.98 | 254.51 | 258.03 | 261.56 | 265.09 | 268.61 | 272.14 |
| Highton - Wandana Heights | 1417.15 | 1432.67 | 1462.11 | 1493.94 | 1522.74 | 1530.28 | 1538.66 | 1550.69 | 1563.55 | 1575.07 | 1586.60 | 1598.12 | 1609.64 | 1621.17 | 1632.69 | 1644.21 | 1655.74 | 1667.26 | 1678.78 | 1690.31 | 1701.83 | 1713.36 | 1724.88 | 1736.40 | 1747.93 | 1759.45 | 1770.97 | 1782.50 | 1794.02 | 1805.54 | 1817.07 | 1828.59 | 1840.11 | 1851.64 | 1863.16 |
| Lara | 182.66 | 185.30 | 190.40 | 197.13 | 205.44 | 215.62 | 228.06 | 242.24 | 256.38 | 270.49 | 284.59 | 298.70 | 312.81 | 326.91 | 341.02 | 355.13 | 369.24 | 383.34 | 397.45 | 411.56 | 425.66 | 439.77 | 453.88 | 467.99 | 482.09 | 496.20 | 510.31 | 524.41 | 538.52 | 552.63 | 566.74 | 580.84 | 594.95 | 609.06 | 623.16 |
| Leopold | 412.89 | 411.06 | 414.47 | 420.20 | 427.52 | 429.09 | 437.35 | 445.39 | 453.59 | 461.63 | 469.67 | 477.71 | 485.75 | 493.79 | 501.83 | 509.87 | 517.91 | 525.95 | 533.99 | 542.03 | 550.07 | 558.11 | 566.15 | 574.19 | 582.23 | 590.27 | 598.31 | 606.35 | 614.39 | 622.43 | 630.47 | 638.51 | 646.55 | 654.59 | 662.63 |
| Lovely Banks - Batesford - Moorabool | 42.62 | 43.15 | 43.45 | 43.46 | 44.39 | 44.48 | 44.59 | 44.75 | 44.92 | 45.08 | 45.25 | 45.41 | 45.57 | 45.74 | 45.90 | 46.07 | 46.23 | 46.40 | 46.56 | 46.73 | 46.89 | 47.06 | 47.22 | 47.39 | 47.55 | 47.72 | 47.88 | 48.04 | 48.21 | 48.37 | 48.54 | 48.70 | 48.87 | 49.03 | 49.20 |
| Marshall - Charlemont | 284.27 | 333.23 | 355.59 | 382.59 | 437.96 | 483.87 | 513.44 | 547.61 | 582.56 | 616.34 | 650.12 | 683.90 | 717.68 | 751.46 | 785.23 | 819.01 | 852.79 | 886.57 | 920.35 | 954.13 | 987.91 | 1021.69 | 1055.47 | 1089.25 | 1123.02 | 1156.80 | 1190.58 | 1224.36 | 1258.14 | 1291.92 | 1325.70 | 1359.48 | 1393.26 | 1427.04 | 1460.82 |
| Newcomb - Moolap | 147.81 | 148.47 | 147.91 | 147.35 | 146.49 | 147.41 | 147.95 | 148.43 | 148.91 | 149.39 | 149.87 | 150.35 | 150.84 | 151.32 | 151.80 | 152.28 | 152.76 | 153.24 | 153.72 | 154.20 | 154.68 | 155.16 | 155.64 | 156.13 | 156.61 | 157.09 | 157.57 | 158.05 | 158.53 | 159.01 | 159.49 | 159.97 | 160.45 | 160.94 | 161.42 |
| Newtown | 1579.20 | 1557.21 | 1541.80 | 1550.48 | 1558.43 | 1565.62 | 1574.84 | 1598.19 | 1621.52 | 1644.47 | 1667.42 | 1690.36 | 1713.31 | 1736.26 | 1759.20 | 1782.15 | 1805.10 | 1828.04 | 1850.99 | 1873.94 | 1896.88 | 1919.83 | 1942.78 | 1965.72 | 1988.67 | 2011.61 | 2034.56 | 2057.51 | 2080.45 | 2103.40 | 2126.35 | 2149.29 | 2172.24 | 2195.19 | 2218.13 |
| Norlane - North Shore | 1067.51 | 1064.17 | 1053.47 | 1053.01 | 1051.87 | 1055.22 | 1058.71 | 1062.51 | 1066.30 | 1070.10 | 1073.89 | 1077.69 | 1081.48 | 1085.28 | 1089.07 | 1092.87 | 1096.66 | 1100.46 | 1104.25 | 1108.04 | 1111.84 | 1115.63 | 1119.43 | 1123.22 | 1127.02 | 1130.81 | 1134.61 | 1138.40 | 1142.20 | 1145.99 | 1149.79 | 1153.58 | 1157.38 | 1161.17 | 1164.96 |
| North Geelong - Rippleside | 673.48 | 670.78 | 668.80 | 668.46 | 671.01 | 674.88 | 689.08 | 690.75 | 693.85 | 695.51 | 697.18 | 698.85 | 700.52 | 702.19 | 703.86 | 705.52 | 707.19 | 708.86 | 710.53 | 712.20 | 713.86 | 715.53 | 717.20 | 718.87 | 720.54 | 722.21 | 723.87 | 725.54 | 727.21 | 728.88 | 730.55 | 732.21 | 733.88 | 735.55 | 737.22 |
| Ocean Grove | 799.52 | 825.99 | 844.67 | 859.28 | 873.99 | 883.68 | 895.36 | 909.40 | 922.82 | 935.60 | 948.39 | 961.17 | 973.95 | 986.74 | 999.52 | 1012.30 | 1025.09 | 1037.87 | 1050.65 | 1063.44 | 1076.22 | 1089.00 | 1101.79 | 1114.57 | 1127.35 | 1140.13 | 1152.92 | 1165.70 | 1178.48 | 1191.27 | 1204.05 | 1216.83 | 1229.62 | 1242.40 | 1255.18 |
| Portarlington | 145.56 | 152.38 | 156.84 | 157.45 | 158.15 | 158.88 | 160.37 | 163.80 | 167.03 | 170.06 | 173.08 | 176.11 | 179.13 | 182.16 | 185.18 | 188.20 | 191.23 | 194.25 | 197.28 | 200.30 | 203.33 | 206.35 | 209.38 | 212.40 | 215.43 | 218.45 | 221.48 | 224.50 | 227.53 | 230.55 | 233.57 | 236.60 | 239.62 | 242.65 | 245.67 |
| Rural Bellarine Peninsula | 32.32 | 34.52 | 35.70 | 36.51 | 37.29 | 37.94 | 38.44 | 38.99 | 39.54 | 40.09 | 40.64 | 41.19 | 41.74 | 42.30 | 42.85 | 43.40 | 43.95 | 44.50 | 45.05 | 45.60 | 46.15 | 46.70 | 47.25 | 47.80 | 48.35 | 48.90 | 49.45 | 50.00 | 50.55 | 51.10 | 51.65 | 52.20 | 52.76 | 53.31 | 53.86 |
| Rural North | 3.11 | 3.13 | 3.10 | 3.14 | 3.20 | 3.23 | 3.23 | 3.25 | 3.26 | 3.28 | 3.29 | 3.31 | 3.32 | 3.34 | 3.35 | 3.37 | 3.38 | 3.40 | 3.42 | 3.43 | 3.45 | 3.46 | 3.48 | 3.49 | 3.51 | 3.52 | 3.54 | 3.55 | 3.57 | 3.58 | 3.60 | 3.61 | 3.63 | 3.64 | 3.66 |
| South Geelong - Thomson - Breakwater | 500.91 | 492.05 | 500.46 | 496.12 | 496.49 | 497.42 | 498.46 | 499.58 | 501.33 | 502.39 | 503.44 | 504.50 | 505.56 | 506.62 | 507.67 | 508.73 | 509.79 | 510.85 | 511.90 | 512.96 | 514.02 | 515.07 | 516.13 | 517.19 | 518.25 | 519.30 | 520.36 | 521.42 | 522.48 | 523.53 | 524.59 | 525.65 | 526.71 | 527.76 | 528.82 |
| St Albans Park | 1357.06 | 1341.32 | 1324.57 | 1328.02 | 1329.68 | 1329.74 | 1332.25 | 1339.15 | 1347.23 | 1353.35 | 1359.46 | 1365.58 | 1371.69 | 1377.80 | 1383.92 | 1390.03 | 1396.15 | 1402.26 | 1408.37 | 1414.49 | 1420.60 | 1426.72 | 1432.83 | 1438.94 | 1445.06 | 1451.17 | 1457.29 | 1463.40 | 1469.51 | 1475.63 | 1481.74 | 1487.86 | 1493.97 | 1500.08 | 1506.20 |
| St Leonards - Indented Head | 122.03 | 130.96 | 140.09 | 148.88 | 157.78 | 160.54 | 165.81 | 168.65 | 171.53 | 174.38 | 177.22 | 180.07 | 182.91 | 185.76 | 188.60 | 191.45 | 194.29 | 197.14 | 199.98 | 202.83 | 205.67 | 208.52 | 211.36 | 214.21 | 217.05 | 219.90 | 222.74 | 225.59 | 228.43 | 231.28 | 234.12 | 236.97 | 239.81 | 242.66 | 245.50 |
| Waurn Ponds - Ceres | 147.93 | 146.45 | 149.70 | 153.10 | 156.63 | 159.59 | 162.89 | 165.32 | 167.86 | 170.30 | 172.73 | 175.17 | 177.60 | 180.03 | 182.47 | 184.90 | 187.34 | 189.77 | 192.20 | 194.64 | 197.07 | 199.51 | 201.94 | 204.37 | 206.81 | 209.24 | 211.68 | 214.11 | 216.54 | 218.98 | 221.41 | 223.85 | 226.28 | 228.71 | 231.15 |
| Whittington | 2248.30 | 2226.59 | 2208.41 | 2161.98 | 2173.83 | 2184.10 | 2187.66 | 2192.50 | 2198.64 | 2203.48 | 2208.32 | 2213.16 | 2218.00 | 2222.84 | 2227.68 | 2232.52 | 2237.37 | 2242.21 | 2247.05 | 2251.89 | 2256.73 | 2261.57 | 2266.41 | 2271.25 | 2276.10 | 2280.94 | 2285.78 | 2290.62 | 2295.46 | 2300.30 | 2305.14 | 2309.98 | 2314.83 | 2319.67 | 2324.51 |
| Total | 145.56 | 152.38 | 156.84 | 157.45 | 158.15 | 158.88 | 160.37 | 163.80 | 167.03 | 170.06 | 173.08 | 176.11 | 179.13 | 182.16 | 185.18 | 188.20 | 191.23 | 194.25 | 197.28 | 200.30 | 203.33 | 206.35 | 209.38 | 212.40 | 215.43 | 218.45 | 221.48 | 224.50 | 227.53 | 230.55 | 233.57 | 236.60 | 239.62 | 242.65 | 245.67 |