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 | 62.96 | 62.04 | 57.68 | 55.54 | 55.35 | 57.44 | 59.60 | 61.31 | 62.46 | 62.66 | 62.75 | 62.76 | 62.82 | 62.92 | 63.08 | 63.28 | 63.52 | 63.77 | 64.02 | 64.30 | 64.58 | 64.88 | 65.19 | 65.51 | 65.85 | 66.20 | 66.55 | 66.90 | 67.24 | 67.59 | 67.94 | 68.28 | 68.63 | 68.97 | 69.31 |
| 5-9 | 60.51 | 59.81 | 57.39 | 54.26 | 54.06 | 53.74 | 53.52 | 52.85 | 53.14 | 53.83 | 54.70 | 55.79 | 56.58 | 57.23 | 57.46 | 57.67 | 57.85 | 58.04 | 58.24 | 58.46 | 58.69 | 58.94 | 59.20 | 59.47 | 59.76 | 60.05 | 60.36 | 60.66 | 60.97 | 61.29 | 61.60 | 61.91 | 62.23 | 62.55 | 62.86 |
| 10-14 | 59.12 | 60.20 | 57.40 | 57.01 | 54.47 | 54.18 | 54.92 | 56.19 | 55.90 | 56.36 | 56.24 | 56.35 | 56.26 | 56.43 | 56.83 | 57.36 | 58.01 | 58.55 | 58.98 | 59.24 | 59.49 | 59.73 | 59.98 | 60.24 | 60.52 | 60.81 | 61.10 | 61.41 | 61.71 | 62.02 | 62.33 | 62.64 | 62.96 | 63.27 | 63.59 |
| 15-19 | 59.06 | 54.44 | 54.01 | 56.44 | 57.59 | 58.67 | 57.34 | 54.97 | 54.61 | 54.30 | 54.51 | 54.80 | 55.29 | 55.34 | 55.66 | 55.78 | 55.90 | 55.99 | 56.19 | 56.55 | 56.95 | 57.38 | 57.75 | 58.07 | 58.36 | 58.63 | 58.91 | 59.19 | 59.48 | 59.77 | 60.07 | 60.36 | 60.66 | 60.96 | 61.27 |
| 20-24 | 85.87 | 79.58 | 81.22 | 80.57 | 76.03 | 73.89 | 73.14 | 74.81 | 75.98 | 76.51 | 76.69 | 76.49 | 76.41 | 76.79 | 77.16 | 77.57 | 77.91 | 78.32 | 78.64 | 79.01 | 79.33 | 79.69 | 80.06 | 80.46 | 80.91 | 81.36 | 81.79 | 82.23 | 82.64 | 83.06 | 83.48 | 83.89 | 84.31 | 84.72 | 85.14 |
| 25-29 | 95.93 | 93.04 | 89.95 | 87.39 | 89.58 | 85.93 | 79.68 | 77.60 | 76.71 | 76.10 | 76.15 | 76.28 | 76.62 | 76.98 | 77.37 | 77.75 | 78.09 | 78.43 | 78.78 | 79.15 | 79.51 | 79.89 | 80.29 | 80.69 | 81.12 | 81.54 | 81.97 | 82.39 | 82.81 | 83.25 | 83.67 | 84.09 | 84.51 | 84.93 | 85.35 |
| 30-34 | 77.78 | 76.49 | 78.15 | 75.43 | 76.86 | 78.83 | 80.62 | 80.35 | 79.57 | 79.29 | 78.39 | 76.99 | 76.57 | 76.57 | 76.67 | 76.94 | 77.23 | 77.59 | 77.94 | 78.32 | 78.68 | 79.05 | 79.43 | 79.82 | 80.22 | 80.64 | 81.06 | 81.48 | 81.90 | 82.32 | 82.74 | 83.16 | 83.58 | 84.00 | 84.42 |
| 35-39 | 66.06 | 67.84 | 65.31 | 65.01 | 66.54 | 67.50 | 67.04 | 68.44 | 69.65 | 68.97 | 69.50 | 70.28 | 70.36 | 70.28 | 70.41 | 70.34 | 70.05 | 70.12 | 70.32 | 70.55 | 70.83 | 71.15 | 71.48 | 71.83 | 72.20 | 72.56 | 72.93 | 73.30 | 73.68 | 74.06 | 74.43 | 74.81 | 75.19 | 75.57 | 75.95 |
| 40-44 | 56.62 | 57.33 | 57.70 | 59.22 | 59.91 | 59.01 | 60.16 | 59.20 | 59.24 | 60.20 | 60.48 | 60.12 | 60.92 | 61.59 | 61.37 | 61.82 | 62.24 | 62.47 | 62.63 | 62.90 | 63.03 | 63.01 | 63.17 | 63.42 | 63.68 | 63.98 | 64.28 | 64.60 | 64.93 | 65.26 | 65.59 | 65.92 | 66.25 | 66.59 | 66.92 |
| 45-49 | 60.38 | 57.55 | 56.52 | 55.29 | 51.74 | 54.02 | 55.97 | 56.85 | 57.09 | 57.03 | 56.59 | 57.57 | 57.09 | 57.24 | 57.89 | 58.08 | 58.01 | 58.53 | 59.02 | 59.03 | 59.42 | 59.82 | 60.09 | 60.32 | 60.60 | 60.81 | 60.94 | 61.17 | 61.44 | 61.72 | 62.02 | 62.32 | 62.63 | 62.94 | 63.26 |
| 50-54 | 56.05 | 56.49 | 57.84 | 61.20 | 62.90 | 59.61 | 56.64 | 55.37 | 53.93 | 53.40 | 54.90 | 55.98 | 56.30 | 56.39 | 56.37 | 56.24 | 56.80 | 56.68 | 56.87 | 57.31 | 57.53 | 57.62 | 58.06 | 58.47 | 58.61 | 58.95 | 59.29 | 59.58 | 59.84 | 60.13 | 60.38 | 60.58 | 60.85 | 61.13 | 61.42 |
| 55-59 | 67.18 | 65.96 | 63.73 | 58.50 | 55.68 | 55.65 | 56.93 | 58.68 | 60.31 | 61.34 | 59.33 | 57.69 | 56.97 | 56.16 | 55.80 | 56.75 | 57.57 | 57.93 | 58.17 | 58.32 | 58.33 | 58.78 | 58.82 | 59.09 | 59.48 | 59.77 | 59.93 | 60.32 | 60.71 | 60.92 | 61.26 | 61.59 | 61.89 | 62.18 | 62.49 |
| 60-64 | 59.51 | 61.95 | 63.03 | 64.84 | 62.19 | 64.20 | 64.91 | 64.55 | 63.10 | 62.55 | 62.50 | 63.62 | 64.96 | 66.38 | 67.28 | 65.91 | 64.87 | 64.34 | 63.86 | 63.71 | 64.48 | 65.25 | 65.63 | 65.94 | 66.15 | 66.29 | 66.72 | 66.89 | 67.23 | 67.62 | 67.95 | 68.19 | 68.60 | 69.01 | 69.29 |
| 65-69 | 61.51 | 60.85 | 61.39 | 59.60 | 60.93 | 61.77 | 63.50 | 64.67 | 66.74 | 66.30 | 68.51 | 69.22 | 68.97 | 67.88 | 67.56 | 67.68 | 68.70 | 69.84 | 70.97 | 71.70 | 70.73 | 70.03 | 69.76 | 69.57 | 69.55 | 70.18 | 70.87 | 71.21 | 71.51 | 71.78 | 71.99 | 72.41 | 72.63 | 73.00 | 73.40 |
| 70-74 | 56.54 | 58.36 | 56.83 | 57.01 | 58.56 | 58.08 | 58.10 | 57.93 | 57.34 | 59.88 | 60.93 | 62.01 | 63.04 | 64.50 | 64.24 | 65.81 | 66.08 | 65.92 | 65.22 | 65.16 | 65.50 | 66.20 | 67.04 | 67.86 | 68.50 | 67.95 | 67.48 | 67.43 | 67.35 | 67.42 | 67.98 | 68.55 | 68.92 | 69.25 | 69.54 |
| 75-79 | 40.67 | 42.72 | 47.57 | 49.61 | 50.03 | 51.24 | 52.97 | 53.21 | 53.77 | 55.08 | 55.15 | 55.57 | 55.32 | 54.84 | 56.58 | 57.41 | 58.47 | 59.18 | 60.36 | 60.19 | 61.46 | 61.95 | 61.93 | 61.48 | 61.44 | 61.62 | 62.28 | 63.00 | 63.75 | 64.28 | 63.89 | 63.68 | 63.67 | 63.68 | 63.81 |
| 80-84 | 30.37 | 29.65 | 31.11 | 32.18 | 33.11 | 35.29 | 35.73 | 38.91 | 40.98 | 41.09 | 41.80 | 42.88 | 43.38 | 44.05 | 44.95 | 44.83 | 44.84 | 44.75 | 44.61 | 45.98 | 46.64 | 47.20 | 47.78 | 48.60 | 48.59 | 49.50 | 49.70 | 49.64 | 49.35 | 49.37 | 49.70 | 50.18 | 50.68 | 51.17 | 51.54 |
| 85+ | 29.57 | 30.22 | 31.28 | 33.80 | 35.26 | 36.84 | 38.12 | 39.51 | 41.54 | 43.33 | 45.24 | 46.13 | 48.80 | 51.23 | 52.27 | 53.86 | 55.11 | 56.95 | 58.73 | 59.83 | 60.66 | 61.43 | 62.47 | 63.42 | 64.89 | 65.72 | 66.55 | 67.46 | 68.47 | 69.31 | 70.28 | 70.88 | 71.40 | 71.82 | 72.32 |
| Total | 1085.69 | 1074.54 | 1068.10 | 1062.87 | 1060.80 | 1065.88 | 1068.87 | 1075.41 | 1082.08 | 1088.23 | 1094.37 | 1100.52 | 1106.67 | 1112.81 | 1118.96 | 1125.11 | 1131.25 | 1137.40 | 1143.55 | 1149.69 | 1155.84 | 1161.98 | 1168.13 | 1174.28 | 1180.42 | 1186.57 | 1192.72 | 1198.86 | 1205.01 | 1211.16 | 1217.30 | 1223.45 | 1229.59 | 1235.74 | 1241.89 |