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:
| 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 | 63.84 | 58.10 | 60.45 | 58.63 | 58.49 | 56.96 | 55.16 | 53.43 | 53.85 | 54.50 | 54.77 | 54.99 | 55.17 | 55.30 | 55.42 | 55.56 | 55.73 | 55.93 | 56.15 | 56.39 | 56.62 | 56.85 | 57.09 | 57.34 | 57.60 | 57.88 | 58.16 | 58.44 | 58.72 | 59.01 | 59.30 | 59.60 | 59.90 | 60.20 | 60.50 |
| 5-9 | 55.03 | 54.16 | 53.21 | 56.72 | 57.17 | 56.43 | 52.09 | 50.86 | 47.55 | 46.10 | 45.66 | 45.56 | 45.35 | 45.68 | 46.02 | 46.22 | 46.42 | 46.61 | 46.81 | 47.00 | 47.19 | 47.39 | 47.59 | 47.80 | 48.02 | 48.25 | 48.48 | 48.71 | 48.95 | 49.18 | 49.42 | 49.67 | 49.92 | 50.17 | 50.42 |
| 10-14 | 56.00 | 57.47 | 57.08 | 55.92 | 55.98 | 53.42 | 53.99 | 53.43 | 55.29 | 54.39 | 53.99 | 52.16 | 51.74 | 50.49 | 49.99 | 49.88 | 49.95 | 49.90 | 50.16 | 50.46 | 50.70 | 50.93 | 51.15 | 51.38 | 51.61 | 51.85 | 52.09 | 52.34 | 52.59 | 52.85 | 53.10 | 53.36 | 53.63 | 53.90 | 54.16 |
| 15-19 | 51.55 | 50.05 | 50.19 | 51.40 | 53.25 | 55.20 | 55.47 | 55.88 | 54.62 | 54.58 | 53.23 | 53.74 | 53.77 | 54.42 | 54.06 | 53.73 | 53.09 | 52.94 | 52.46 | 52.41 | 52.50 | 52.66 | 52.84 | 53.15 | 53.44 | 53.70 | 53.96 | 54.22 | 54.47 | 54.73 | 55.00 | 55.26 | 55.54 | 55.81 | 56.08 |
| 20-24 | 66.05 | 56.73 | 54.80 | 51.07 | 50.94 | 50.59 | 53.22 | 54.38 | 54.87 | 55.05 | 55.86 | 56.19 | 56.27 | 55.99 | 56.19 | 56.22 | 56.66 | 56.87 | 57.32 | 57.38 | 57.51 | 57.68 | 57.91 | 58.08 | 58.33 | 58.63 | 58.93 | 59.22 | 59.51 | 59.81 | 60.10 | 60.41 | 60.71 | 61.02 | 61.32 |
| 25-29 | 84.70 | 78.80 | 73.71 | 71.16 | 66.14 | 62.87 | 62.40 | 64.30 | 65.41 | 66.51 | 67.17 | 67.74 | 68.15 | 68.42 | 68.65 | 68.96 | 69.29 | 69.59 | 69.91 | 70.25 | 70.55 | 70.89 | 71.19 | 71.54 | 71.87 | 72.24 | 72.59 | 72.95 | 73.30 | 73.66 | 74.03 | 74.40 | 74.78 | 75.16 | 75.54 |
| 30-34 | 73.70 | 71.21 | 73.42 | 72.01 | 72.75 | 76.01 | 75.37 | 70.13 | 67.96 | 65.86 | 64.97 | 64.98 | 65.58 | 66.09 | 66.55 | 66.86 | 67.20 | 67.50 | 67.83 | 68.15 | 68.47 | 68.78 | 69.09 | 69.41 | 69.74 | 70.09 | 70.44 | 70.79 | 71.14 | 71.49 | 71.84 | 72.21 | 72.57 | 72.94 | 73.30 |
| 35-39 | 71.35 | 71.63 | 74.78 | 76.39 | 78.64 | 74.14 | 71.45 | 74.65 | 75.37 | 76.15 | 77.42 | 77.72 | 76.20 | 75.60 | 75.04 | 74.94 | 75.17 | 75.61 | 76.03 | 76.44 | 76.80 | 77.16 | 77.51 | 77.87 | 78.25 | 78.63 | 79.02 | 79.41 | 79.80 | 80.19 | 80.59 | 80.99 | 81.40 | 81.81 | 82.22 |
| 40-44 | 65.26 | 68.58 | 66.01 | 64.94 | 64.30 | 69.65 | 72.05 | 72.44 | 71.69 | 71.44 | 69.19 | 68.15 | 69.66 | 70.18 | 70.70 | 71.54 | 72.00 | 71.54 | 71.54 | 71.46 | 71.56 | 71.82 | 72.19 | 72.55 | 72.91 | 73.27 | 73.63 | 73.99 | 74.35 | 74.71 | 75.08 | 75.46 | 75.83 | 76.21 | 76.59 |
| 45-49 | 66.17 | 61.58 | 61.92 | 61.72 | 64.32 | 62.60 | 62.75 | 59.43 | 59.03 | 59.16 | 61.88 | 63.20 | 63.37 | 63.09 | 63.17 | 62.33 | 61.98 | 62.90 | 63.25 | 63.67 | 64.18 | 64.53 | 64.44 | 64.59 | 64.71 | 64.92 | 65.19 | 65.53 | 65.86 | 66.18 | 66.51 | 66.84 | 67.17 | 67.50 | 67.84 |
| 50-54 | 63.48 | 65.19 | 69.34 | 70.13 | 65.31 | 65.31 | 63.35 | 64.81 | 63.78 | 65.01 | 64.06 | 64.52 | 62.35 | 61.91 | 61.99 | 63.61 | 64.63 | 65.13 | 65.14 | 65.34 | 64.97 | 64.82 | 65.43 | 65.79 | 66.18 | 66.65 | 67.06 | 67.15 | 67.39 | 67.59 | 67.84 | 68.14 | 68.49 | 68.84 | 69.18 |
| 55-59 | 67.53 | 68.13 | 66.74 | 64.82 | 66.41 | 67.71 | 67.54 | 68.47 | 69.88 | 67.50 | 67.83 | 66.73 | 67.80 | 67.28 | 68.09 | 67.48 | 67.82 | 66.53 | 66.41 | 66.64 | 67.85 | 68.71 | 69.13 | 69.24 | 69.49 | 69.39 | 69.43 | 70.00 | 70.39 | 70.78 | 71.22 | 71.62 | 71.82 | 72.11 | 72.38 |
| 60-64 | 65.05 | 67.04 | 65.66 | 66.31 | 66.21 | 67.73 | 70.02 | 72.34 | 71.55 | 72.33 | 73.79 | 73.88 | 74.75 | 75.92 | 74.28 | 74.72 | 74.11 | 75.01 | 74.60 | 75.29 | 75.01 | 75.49 | 74.68 | 74.68 | 74.94 | 75.94 | 76.69 | 77.17 | 77.40 | 77.73 | 77.79 | 77.95 | 78.51 | 78.93 | 79.35 |
| 65-69 | 56.23 | 57.32 | 62.13 | 64.68 | 66.73 | 65.34 | 64.64 | 63.92 | 67.36 | 70.00 | 71.80 | 73.54 | 75.12 | 74.90 | 75.86 | 76.84 | 76.91 | 77.53 | 78.64 | 77.77 | 78.18 | 77.72 | 78.49 | 78.40 | 79.00 | 78.84 | 79.14 | 78.64 | 78.82 | 79.19 | 80.08 | 80.79 | 81.26 | 81.55 | 81.89 |
| 70-74 | 43.46 | 47.34 | 47.33 | 47.26 | 49.93 | 51.17 | 53.54 | 57.61 | 60.10 | 61.42 | 60.51 | 60.25 | 59.96 | 62.24 | 64.04 | 65.29 | 66.59 | 67.77 | 67.66 | 68.34 | 69.09 | 69.24 | 69.77 | 70.61 | 70.21 | 70.57 | 70.38 | 70.98 | 70.97 | 71.44 | 71.45 | 71.73 | 71.48 | 71.71 | 72.06 |
| 75-79 | 30.69 | 32.23 | 35.24 | 34.92 | 36.68 | 39.14 | 42.84 | 42.82 | 43.85 | 45.77 | 46.67 | 48.06 | 50.79 | 52.56 | 53.55 | 53.23 | 53.14 | 52.99 | 54.44 | 55.55 | 56.53 | 57.53 | 58.44 | 58.39 | 58.83 | 59.41 | 59.60 | 60.04 | 60.68 | 60.49 | 60.85 | 60.83 | 61.26 | 61.27 | 61.65 |
| 80-84 | 18.52 | 19.60 | 20.17 | 22.23 | 24.16 | 25.86 | 26.17 | 28.01 | 29.16 | 30.22 | 31.89 | 34.19 | 34.02 | 34.58 | 35.82 | 36.48 | 37.46 | 39.08 | 40.06 | 40.62 | 40.31 | 40.35 | 40.38 | 41.43 | 42.17 | 42.61 | 43.24 | 43.81 | 43.86 | 44.20 | 44.54 | 44.69 | 45.01 | 45.47 | 45.36 |
| 85+ | 18.84 | 20.23 | 20.53 | 19.78 | 20.65 | 21.00 | 22.77 | 23.83 | 25.33 | 26.59 | 27.79 | 28.79 | 30.27 | 31.57 | 32.73 | 34.19 | 35.83 | 36.45 | 37.39 | 38.56 | 39.64 | 41.01 | 42.15 | 43.13 | 44.00 | 44.36 | 45.09 | 45.68 | 46.77 | 47.63 | 48.05 | 48.76 | 49.35 | 49.95 | 50.59 |
| Total | 1017.45 | 1005.38 | 1012.72 | 1010.10 | 1018.06 | 1021.11 | 1024.83 | 1030.74 | 1036.66 | 1042.57 | 1048.49 | 1054.41 | 1060.32 | 1066.24 | 1072.15 | 1078.07 | 1083.98 | 1089.90 | 1095.81 | 1101.73 | 1107.64 | 1113.56 | 1119.47 | 1125.39 | 1131.30 | 1137.22 | 1143.13 | 1149.05 | 1154.96 | 1160.88 | 1166.79 | 1172.71 | 1178.63 | 1184.54 | 1190.46 |