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 | 1698.49 | 1653.76 | 1661.87 | 1614.96 | 1588.32 | 1543.61 | 1494.42 | 1469.96 | 1468.78 | 1463.06 | 1455.16 | 1451.30 | 1448.22 | 1445.82 | 1444.36 | 1443.25 | 1442.89 | 1442.74 | 1443.17 | 1443.79 | 1444.78 | 1445.70 | 1446.87 | 1448.25 | 1449.97 | 1451.98 | 1454.08 | 1456.34 | 1458.67 | 1461.17 | 1463.73 | 1466.47 | 1469.23 | 1472.11 | 1475.05 |
| 5-9 | 2168.96 | 2173.87 | 2175.14 | 2154.87 | 2145.87 | 2097.56 | 2045.11 | 2024.72 | 1973.06 | 1932.82 | 1917.79 | 1893.55 | 1882.30 | 1883.00 | 1881.89 | 1879.54 | 1879.07 | 1878.77 | 1878.98 | 1879.55 | 1880.61 | 1881.81 | 1883.35 | 1885.18 | 1887.38 | 1889.94 | 1892.67 | 1895.60 | 1898.65 | 1901.90 | 1905.24 | 1908.76 | 1912.35 | 1916.06 | 1919.84 |
| 10-14 | 2446.69 | 2443.24 | 2429.79 | 2399.70 | 2474.06 | 2461.25 | 2497.73 | 2449.82 | 2443.07 | 2405.71 | 2386.18 | 2349.75 | 2339.51 | 2311.14 | 2288.50 | 2280.69 | 2267.20 | 2261.41 | 2263.02 | 2263.47 | 2263.47 | 2264.43 | 2265.76 | 2267.34 | 2269.43 | 2271.95 | 2274.78 | 2277.91 | 2281.24 | 2284.84 | 2288.60 | 2292.60 | 2296.71 | 2300.99 | 2305.38 |
| 15-19 | 2000.32 | 2045.58 | 2143.85 | 2251.32 | 2295.33 | 2262.93 | 2173.55 | 2173.24 | 2151.68 | 2173.62 | 2163.57 | 2181.05 | 2154.28 | 2147.58 | 2130.38 | 2117.58 | 2101.51 | 2094.93 | 2078.97 | 2068.41 | 2064.37 | 2059.36 | 2058.10 | 2059.75 | 2061.19 | 2062.65 | 2064.66 | 2066.95 | 2069.43 | 2072.23 | 2075.21 | 2078.47 | 2081.88 | 2085.46 | 2089.20 |
| 20-24 | 1360.05 | 1359.78 | 1360.87 | 1435.76 | 1511.76 | 1567.20 | 1592.86 | 1553.60 | 1507.36 | 1475.91 | 1445.13 | 1421.04 | 1422.50 | 1417.03 | 1425.54 | 1422.28 | 1429.25 | 1420.90 | 1420.39 | 1416.51 | 1413.39 | 1410.04 | 1408.99 | 1405.65 | 1404.20 | 1404.91 | 1405.14 | 1406.41 | 1408.47 | 1410.53 | 1412.56 | 1414.86 | 1417.22 | 1419.68 | 1422.24 |
| 25-29 | 1199.40 | 1170.23 | 1149.87 | 1164.24 | 1204.53 | 1210.48 | 1206.08 | 1221.44 | 1236.81 | 1242.06 | 1245.48 | 1245.91 | 1235.73 | 1227.65 | 1221.16 | 1216.20 | 1212.70 | 1214.32 | 1214.18 | 1217.40 | 1217.55 | 1220.31 | 1219.51 | 1220.71 | 1221.40 | 1222.33 | 1223.44 | 1224.91 | 1225.92 | 1227.56 | 1229.52 | 1231.62 | 1233.84 | 1236.24 | 1238.67 |
| 30-34 | 1419.85 | 1413.49 | 1439.87 | 1502.42 | 1444.15 | 1358.63 | 1318.96 | 1296.29 | 1294.28 | 1302.75 | 1301.54 | 1299.20 | 1301.12 | 1302.60 | 1304.96 | 1306.99 | 1308.19 | 1307.48 | 1307.19 | 1307.09 | 1307.48 | 1307.72 | 1309.30 | 1310.69 | 1312.92 | 1314.90 | 1317.38 | 1319.36 | 1321.68 | 1323.91 | 1326.26 | 1328.69 | 1331.23 | 1333.75 | 1336.37 |
| 35-39 | 1902.94 | 1900.94 | 1888.67 | 1890.96 | 1900.78 | 1847.41 | 1814.43 | 1818.23 | 1808.42 | 1776.95 | 1745.05 | 1725.96 | 1716.50 | 1714.21 | 1719.56 | 1720.63 | 1720.70 | 1722.45 | 1723.73 | 1725.84 | 1728.17 | 1729.98 | 1731.43 | 1732.92 | 1734.85 | 1737.12 | 1739.48 | 1742.43 | 1745.35 | 1748.62 | 1751.82 | 1755.31 | 1758.64 | 1762.17 | 1765.67 |
| 40-44 | 2105.51 | 2135.24 | 2152.51 | 2190.60 | 2229.24 | 2282.14 | 2310.48 | 2304.11 | 2289.12 | 2272.37 | 2248.82 | 2226.83 | 2230.21 | 2226.75 | 2212.21 | 2195.41 | 2185.46 | 2181.20 | 2180.94 | 2185.21 | 2187.33 | 2188.63 | 2191.18 | 2193.39 | 2196.46 | 2199.80 | 2203.10 | 2206.33 | 2209.57 | 2213.12 | 2216.79 | 2220.67 | 2224.85 | 2229.12 | 2233.58 |
| 45-49 | 2286.97 | 2324.24 | 2298.15 | 2278.96 | 2285.60 | 2309.90 | 2359.49 | 2420.96 | 2460.99 | 2476.97 | 2515.15 | 2530.11 | 2528.33 | 2520.14 | 2510.46 | 2496.26 | 2483.58 | 2486.75 | 2485.54 | 2477.76 | 2468.50 | 2463.20 | 2462.03 | 2463.36 | 2467.74 | 2470.89 | 2473.68 | 2477.32 | 2480.83 | 2484.94 | 2489.17 | 2493.51 | 2497.80 | 2502.18 | 2506.75 |
| 50-54 | 1867.99 | 2013.63 | 2112.61 | 2194.70 | 2241.44 | 2297.24 | 2288.35 | 2213.43 | 2222.99 | 2224.80 | 2240.07 | 2267.17 | 2308.40 | 2333.38 | 2344.22 | 2367.97 | 2377.67 | 2378.48 | 2374.79 | 2369.47 | 2360.86 | 2353.23 | 2356.67 | 2357.16 | 2353.59 | 2349.01 | 2346.90 | 2347.58 | 2349.92 | 2354.22 | 2357.76 | 2361.17 | 2365.09 | 2368.95 | 2373.24 |
| 55-59 | 1588.00 | 1598.27 | 1589.09 | 1578.56 | 1679.00 | 1727.73 | 1850.28 | 1958.10 | 1991.44 | 1995.63 | 2024.13 | 2018.28 | 1968.21 | 1974.51 | 1973.37 | 1982.94 | 2003.28 | 2031.33 | 2050.37 | 2057.42 | 2074.08 | 2081.08 | 2082.32 | 2080.67 | 2077.55 | 2072.08 | 2067.91 | 2071.16 | 2072.69 | 2071.38 | 2069.16 | 2068.87 | 2070.36 | 2073.02 | 2076.99 |
| 60-64 | 1374.35 | 1424.44 | 1425.99 | 1479.27 | 1522.82 | 1489.33 | 1485.49 | 1501.81 | 1478.72 | 1542.70 | 1567.40 | 1643.53 | 1710.97 | 1732.97 | 1736.42 | 1756.00 | 1750.53 | 1718.69 | 1722.66 | 1723.98 | 1730.76 | 1744.40 | 1762.49 | 1775.03 | 1780.31 | 1792.10 | 1797.30 | 1798.72 | 1798.26 | 1797.43 | 1795.04 | 1793.35 | 1796.39 | 1798.30 | 1798.47 |
| 65-69 | 1124.79 | 1112.70 | 1099.08 | 1145.15 | 1201.79 | 1283.37 | 1288.09 | 1275.55 | 1285.95 | 1299.47 | 1273.64 | 1270.21 | 1280.50 | 1265.39 | 1306.78 | 1322.21 | 1371.76 | 1415.51 | 1430.35 | 1432.87 | 1445.73 | 1442.35 | 1422.27 | 1425.20 | 1426.00 | 1430.65 | 1440.21 | 1452.56 | 1461.70 | 1465.64 | 1473.99 | 1477.83 | 1479.32 | 1479.80 | 1479.96 |
| 70-74 | 1056.78 | 1105.60 | 1074.33 | 1073.53 | 1047.44 | 1030.55 | 1039.99 | 1058.66 | 1104.05 | 1130.63 | 1182.29 | 1186.62 | 1180.30 | 1186.19 | 1195.75 | 1177.87 | 1176.58 | 1184.17 | 1172.64 | 1200.22 | 1211.79 | 1247.09 | 1277.45 | 1288.96 | 1291.09 | 1300.95 | 1299.08 | 1285.63 | 1288.17 | 1288.81 | 1292.66 | 1299.79 | 1309.37 | 1316.39 | 1319.67 |
| 75-79 | 676.40 | 702.85 | 785.76 | 833.32 | 864.05 | 892.01 | 912.28 | 876.94 | 896.26 | 904.45 | 893.10 | 899.30 | 913.02 | 946.13 | 963.88 | 999.32 | 1001.70 | 996.72 | 1001.28 | 1009.21 | 996.90 | 995.81 | 1000.98 | 993.39 | 1013.56 | 1022.07 | 1046.94 | 1068.79 | 1077.32 | 1078.96 | 1086.24 | 1085.10 | 1075.99 | 1077.91 | 1078.85 |
| 80-84 | 396.93 | 428.02 | 444.66 | 455.48 | 468.94 | 526.71 | 562.77 | 641.10 | 682.12 | 696.71 | 711.57 | 726.29 | 699.16 | 713.36 | 720.62 | 712.68 | 716.65 | 725.72 | 749.36 | 762.60 | 787.93 | 791.39 | 788.11 | 791.18 | 796.84 | 787.50 | 787.52 | 791.20 | 785.63 | 800.08 | 806.77 | 824.57 | 840.78 | 847.37 | 848.81 |
| 85+ | 279.55 | 300.37 | 342.37 | 357.37 | 389.46 | 451.77 | 509.49 | 572.44 | 615.86 | 674.92 | 755.99 | 816.55 | 913.97 | 965.93 | 1014.29 | 1077.08 | 1126.74 | 1174.46 | 1219.04 | 1256.35 | 1294.04 | 1331.75 | 1372.04 | 1420.59 | 1455.49 | 1499.72 | 1526.84 | 1552.48 | 1588.73 | 1617.47 | 1642.82 | 1662.27 | 1683.44 | 1705.55 | 1736.87 |
| Total | 26953.98 | 27306.26 | 27574.49 | 28001.16 | 28494.58 | 28639.82 | 28749.83 | 28830.40 | 28910.96 | 28991.53 | 29072.09 | 29152.65 | 29233.22 | 29313.78 | 29394.34 | 29474.91 | 29555.47 | 29636.03 | 29716.60 | 29797.16 | 29877.73 | 29958.29 | 30038.85 | 30119.42 | 30199.98 | 30280.54 | 30361.11 | 30441.67 | 30522.23 | 30602.80 | 30683.36 | 30763.93 | 30844.49 | 30925.05 | 31005.62 |