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 | 2150.41 | 1999.37 | 1967.29 | 1980.79 | 1908.75 | 1871.74 | 1862.82 | 1851.57 | 1852.76 | 1858.67 | 1855.44 | 1853.94 | 1853.49 | 1853.99 | 1855.15 | 1856.65 | 1858.11 | 1859.88 | 1861.87 | 1864.17 | 1866.59 | 1869.16 | 1871.85 | 1874.63 | 1877.50 | 1880.44 | 1883.43 | 1886.53 | 1889.73 | 1892.99 | 1896.28 | 1899.60 | 1902.94 | 1906.31 | 1909.71 |
| 5-9 | 2355.37 | 2276.97 | 2229.73 | 2212.97 | 2208.14 | 2171.15 | 2110.95 | 2059.00 | 2046.73 | 2016.73 | 2012.09 | 2007.78 | 2003.90 | 2006.66 | 2010.95 | 2011.81 | 2013.23 | 2015.01 | 2017.21 | 2019.85 | 2022.64 | 2025.47 | 2028.42 | 2031.42 | 2034.55 | 2037.74 | 2041.00 | 2044.37 | 2047.83 | 2051.34 | 2054.89 | 2058.46 | 2062.06 | 2065.70 | 2069.36 |
| 10-14 | 2451.47 | 2468.27 | 2500.69 | 2423.37 | 2411.39 | 2382.93 | 2405.37 | 2433.08 | 2440.14 | 2456.69 | 2451.31 | 2426.95 | 2405.81 | 2401.20 | 2388.63 | 2388.41 | 2388.50 | 2388.98 | 2392.43 | 2396.93 | 2399.79 | 2402.93 | 2406.24 | 2409.71 | 2413.42 | 2417.22 | 2421.07 | 2425.04 | 2429.08 | 2433.20 | 2437.38 | 2441.60 | 2445.85 | 2450.14 | 2454.47 |
| 15-19 | 2092.67 | 2094.16 | 2164.01 | 2316.97 | 2388.60 | 2377.91 | 2361.23 | 2336.71 | 2273.70 | 2258.23 | 2250.72 | 2265.54 | 2283.15 | 2286.30 | 2296.27 | 2293.24 | 2283.94 | 2276.88 | 2276.58 | 2273.56 | 2275.54 | 2277.45 | 2279.49 | 2283.09 | 2287.05 | 2290.36 | 2293.84 | 2297.45 | 2301.19 | 2305.04 | 2308.95 | 2312.89 | 2316.88 | 2320.89 | 2324.96 |
| 20-24 | 1873.25 | 1819.25 | 1777.79 | 1857.43 | 1925.10 | 1986.44 | 1968.49 | 1965.82 | 1985.65 | 1965.88 | 1953.23 | 1949.86 | 1944.18 | 1929.77 | 1926.20 | 1927.81 | 1936.76 | 1945.09 | 1946.08 | 1951.05 | 1951.37 | 1951.25 | 1952.19 | 1954.00 | 1955.35 | 1958.08 | 1960.79 | 1963.62 | 1967.00 | 1970.45 | 1973.77 | 1977.13 | 1980.54 | 1983.98 | 1987.47 |
| 25-29 | 1888.04 | 1808.81 | 1787.58 | 1797.59 | 1798.61 | 1792.14 | 1826.80 | 1846.66 | 1878.42 | 1894.47 | 1908.96 | 1907.96 | 1911.78 | 1918.73 | 1916.52 | 1915.95 | 1917.44 | 1918.26 | 1917.97 | 1919.22 | 1922.54 | 1927.02 | 1931.33 | 1934.17 | 1937.88 | 1940.58 | 1943.23 | 1946.20 | 1949.28 | 1952.30 | 1955.62 | 1958.93 | 1962.28 | 1965.77 | 1969.29 |
| 30-34 | 2133.23 | 2039.64 | 2031.47 | 2103.97 | 2112.29 | 2050.52 | 2050.10 | 2038.62 | 2020.98 | 2030.88 | 2039.44 | 2047.74 | 2054.96 | 2065.56 | 2072.42 | 2078.62 | 2080.52 | 2083.78 | 2087.88 | 2090.06 | 2092.60 | 2095.72 | 2098.69 | 2101.36 | 2104.40 | 2108.00 | 2111.88 | 2115.78 | 2119.45 | 2123.33 | 2126.99 | 2130.63 | 2134.33 | 2138.05 | 2141.78 |
| 35-39 | 2356.29 | 2345.79 | 2298.15 | 2276.06 | 2324.37 | 2316.96 | 2295.69 | 2288.22 | 2305.38 | 2280.85 | 2265.80 | 2269.03 | 2268.49 | 2265.15 | 2269.82 | 2274.66 | 2278.93 | 2283.64 | 2289.85 | 2294.76 | 2299.52 | 2302.84 | 2306.63 | 2310.65 | 2314.16 | 2317.73 | 2321.54 | 2325.37 | 2329.11 | 2333.08 | 2337.19 | 2341.40 | 2345.64 | 2349.82 | 2354.08 |
| 40-44 | 2265.67 | 2292.40 | 2377.34 | 2449.49 | 2420.17 | 2440.69 | 2489.04 | 2497.05 | 2501.05 | 2526.18 | 2536.48 | 2529.12 | 2528.58 | 2539.21 | 2529.29 | 2524.10 | 2527.47 | 2529.39 | 2530.24 | 2534.73 | 2539.24 | 2543.46 | 2548.12 | 2553.59 | 2558.40 | 2563.15 | 2567.24 | 2571.61 | 2576.13 | 2580.47 | 2584.85 | 2589.34 | 2593.84 | 2598.29 | 2602.86 |
| 45-49 | 2314.57 | 2214.47 | 2162.34 | 2175.75 | 2263.86 | 2297.10 | 2328.80 | 2364.10 | 2376.95 | 2365.58 | 2381.74 | 2407.54 | 2414.63 | 2419.23 | 2432.99 | 2439.02 | 2436.96 | 2438.65 | 2446.21 | 2443.85 | 2443.56 | 2447.16 | 2449.94 | 2452.17 | 2456.38 | 2460.75 | 2465.04 | 2469.49 | 2474.37 | 2478.90 | 2483.45 | 2487.69 | 2492.05 | 2496.48 | 2500.82 |
| 50-54 | 2005.02 | 2089.85 | 2109.86 | 2139.72 | 2186.04 | 2169.43 | 2104.33 | 2098.04 | 2118.40 | 2178.77 | 2201.21 | 2215.64 | 2236.94 | 2245.83 | 2241.14 | 2251.47 | 2265.84 | 2269.62 | 2274.02 | 2282.87 | 2287.89 | 2288.53 | 2290.76 | 2296.73 | 2297.57 | 2299.22 | 2302.84 | 2306.24 | 2309.22 | 2313.19 | 2317.36 | 2321.48 | 2325.67 | 2330.09 | 2334.32 |
| 55-59 | 1698.63 | 1694.40 | 1717.12 | 1736.25 | 1750.16 | 1791.79 | 1875.50 | 1903.54 | 1927.22 | 1929.75 | 1910.79 | 1875.85 | 1874.03 | 1887.24 | 1922.55 | 1936.97 | 1946.59 | 1960.75 | 1966.63 | 1964.58 | 1971.65 | 1981.14 | 1984.68 | 1988.84 | 1994.68 | 1998.46 | 2000.09 | 2002.72 | 2007.75 | 2009.68 | 2011.86 | 2015.08 | 2018.22 | 2021.11 | 2024.64 |
| 60-64 | 1352.87 | 1375.88 | 1428.16 | 1472.44 | 1533.26 | 1566.84 | 1553.93 | 1528.99 | 1498.56 | 1498.23 | 1519.11 | 1567.01 | 1581.76 | 1593.12 | 1594.40 | 1586.38 | 1571.10 | 1572.97 | 1581.33 | 1602.12 | 1610.39 | 1615.41 | 1624.68 | 1628.53 | 1628.39 | 1633.33 | 1639.52 | 1642.37 | 1645.58 | 1649.79 | 1652.82 | 1654.66 | 1657.09 | 1660.96 | 1663.18 |
| 65-69 | 1043.72 | 1033.95 | 1094.41 | 1165.70 | 1207.60 | 1216.04 | 1239.67 | 1264.40 | 1266.69 | 1267.86 | 1275.55 | 1269.58 | 1257.79 | 1242.03 | 1242.53 | 1254.35 | 1280.27 | 1288.98 | 1296.17 | 1297.17 | 1293.94 | 1288.16 | 1289.93 | 1295.01 | 1306.66 | 1311.77 | 1315.36 | 1321.02 | 1323.46 | 1324.41 | 1327.90 | 1332.03 | 1334.49 | 1336.93 | 1339.85 |
| 70-74 | 878.93 | 888.62 | 867.57 | 879.17 | 894.85 | 935.65 | 919.13 | 943.26 | 954.54 | 957.05 | 952.33 | 965.17 | 977.58 | 979.41 | 980.75 | 985.34 | 983.36 | 977.88 | 970.60 | 971.77 | 978.01 | 990.87 | 995.36 | 999.87 | 1001.58 | 1000.70 | 998.17 | 999.53 | 1002.69 | 1009.21 | 1012.41 | 1014.68 | 1018.23 | 1020.18 | 1021.25 |
| 75-79 | 571.20 | 590.34 | 666.47 | 726.93 | 771.06 | 747.10 | 745.69 | 711.66 | 716.51 | 717.85 | 731.95 | 722.10 | 733.52 | 739.67 | 742.01 | 740.57 | 748.12 | 755.47 | 757.62 | 758.61 | 761.67 | 761.29 | 758.93 | 755.45 | 756.16 | 759.99 | 767.53 | 770.54 | 773.19 | 774.25 | 774.36 | 773.94 | 775.24 | 777.41 | 781.20 |
| 80-84 | 285.78 | 317.78 | 347.83 | 357.11 | 380.88 | 427.38 | 449.97 | 479.62 | 495.71 | 500.02 | 480.31 | 479.56 | 461.05 | 463.28 | 464.43 | 472.05 | 466.55 | 472.90 | 475.90 | 477.29 | 476.65 | 481.04 | 484.84 | 485.89 | 486.84 | 488.78 | 488.83 | 487.69 | 485.99 | 486.63 | 488.65 | 492.55 | 494.18 | 495.93 | 496.91 |
| 85+ | 153.91 | 163.09 | 207.09 | 240.09 | 288.05 | 323.82 | 348.73 | 370.28 | 381.25 | 396.99 | 434.28 | 460.41 | 489.18 | 504.48 | 514.85 | 523.55 | 537.30 | 542.89 | 552.49 | 558.54 | 567.55 | 572.30 | 579.17 | 586.19 | 590.37 | 595.07 | 600.03 | 605.89 | 610.45 | 613.29 | 616.86 | 619.55 | 622.12 | 623.66 | 625.60 |
| Total | 29871.05 | 29513.06 | 29734.93 | 30311.79 | 30773.18 | 30865.62 | 30936.23 | 30980.61 | 31040.65 | 31100.69 | 31160.74 | 31220.78 | 31280.82 | 31340.86 | 31400.91 | 31460.95 | 31520.99 | 31581.03 | 31641.08 | 31701.12 | 31761.16 | 31821.20 | 31881.25 | 31941.29 | 32001.33 | 32061.38 | 32121.42 | 32181.46 | 32241.50 | 32301.55 | 32361.59 | 32421.63 | 32481.67 | 32541.72 | 32601.76 |