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 | 6311.44 | 5953.40 | 5758.36 | 5717.40 | 5717.44 | 5842.73 | 6043.31 | 6305.87 | 6663.48 | 6878.34 | 6947.14 | 7089.70 | 7150.95 | 7210.84 | 7265.82 | 7297.66 | 7325.10 | 7347.57 | 7374.93 | 7404.89 | 7436.89 | 7471.93 | 7509.22 | 7548.37 | 7589.21 | 7631.36 | 7674.84 | 7719.05 | 7763.69 | 7808.77 | 7854.15 | 7899.64 | 7945.31 | 7990.97 | 8036.53 |
| 5-9 | 6097.57 | 5906.61 | 5834.73 | 5849.67 | 5910.65 | 5945.91 | 5875.80 | 5842.78 | 5885.07 | 5939.15 | 6014.10 | 6179.95 | 6273.98 | 6387.65 | 6488.24 | 6548.25 | 6598.14 | 6644.24 | 6684.89 | 6721.45 | 6754.78 | 6786.68 | 6816.70 | 6848.92 | 6882.54 | 6917.37 | 6954.03 | 6991.94 | 7030.81 | 7070.49 | 7110.84 | 7151.67 | 7192.91 | 7234.31 | 7275.79 |
| 10-14 | 5441.67 | 5441.74 | 5440.63 | 5521.63 | 5612.59 | 5597.05 | 5690.22 | 5802.65 | 5857.84 | 5949.21 | 6000.06 | 6042.94 | 6039.63 | 6055.90 | 6082.36 | 6138.95 | 6206.25 | 6271.44 | 6343.00 | 6403.64 | 6451.95 | 6496.31 | 6538.70 | 6578.74 | 6616.73 | 6653.23 | 6689.37 | 6724.84 | 6761.49 | 6798.93 | 6837.02 | 6875.91 | 6915.50 | 6955.53 | 6995.88 |
| 15-19 | 4620.64 | 4517.74 | 4642.70 | 4880.70 | 5101.80 | 5189.44 | 5178.18 | 5205.71 | 5297.24 | 5344.07 | 5332.01 | 5436.14 | 5501.68 | 5520.49 | 5576.36 | 5618.37 | 5635.67 | 5650.16 | 5670.79 | 5698.32 | 5749.35 | 5804.78 | 5858.37 | 5914.97 | 5965.34 | 6010.36 | 6054.03 | 6096.90 | 6138.98 | 6180.50 | 6221.44 | 6262.25 | 6302.86 | 6343.90 | 6385.20 |
| 20-24 | 5246.93 | 4682.24 | 4662.41 | 4901.55 | 5026.57 | 4971.59 | 4897.94 | 5001.08 | 5148.55 | 5195.90 | 5185.62 | 5276.63 | 5229.40 | 5266.70 | 5307.80 | 5314.38 | 5353.78 | 5399.99 | 5426.93 | 5465.16 | 5497.83 | 5527.39 | 5562.32 | 5597.34 | 5637.75 | 5685.72 | 5732.91 | 5779.47 | 5824.89 | 5868.73 | 5911.84 | 5954.51 | 5997.28 | 6039.70 | 6081.86 |
| 25-29 | 6473.55 | 5808.64 | 5678.41 | 5863.14 | 5982.37 | 5896.29 | 6096.42 | 6340.92 | 6635.69 | 6732.53 | 6679.73 | 6835.83 | 6781.71 | 6789.56 | 6831.40 | 6840.03 | 6855.07 | 6882.12 | 6920.87 | 6959.70 | 6998.25 | 7042.08 | 7085.75 | 7127.31 | 7171.62 | 7214.70 | 7258.66 | 7303.29 | 7347.94 | 7393.44 | 7440.07 | 7486.36 | 7532.68 | 7578.75 | 7624.37 |
| 30-34 | 7597.82 | 7002.96 | 6823.07 | 7134.07 | 7263.84 | 7203.96 | 7240.16 | 7490.05 | 7806.64 | 7965.07 | 7956.86 | 8176.17 | 8187.62 | 8228.65 | 8279.28 | 8295.08 | 8311.71 | 8342.71 | 8379.14 | 8420.53 | 8466.01 | 8513.50 | 8562.91 | 8614.62 | 8667.11 | 8720.36 | 8775.09 | 8830.12 | 8884.78 | 8939.97 | 8995.09 | 9050.29 | 9105.80 | 9161.19 | 9216.44 |
| 35-39 | 7860.27 | 7546.33 | 7492.35 | 7605.23 | 7759.23 | 7800.28 | 7840.11 | 8023.41 | 8318.56 | 8479.52 | 8508.55 | 8682.80 | 8747.18 | 8828.75 | 8912.16 | 8964.90 | 9018.84 | 9064.34 | 9110.73 | 9157.57 | 9206.33 | 9255.59 | 9309.21 | 9364.72 | 9422.35 | 9481.70 | 9542.64 | 9604.31 | 9666.74 | 9729.64 | 9792.93 | 9856.44 | 9920.18 | 9983.79 | 10047.36 |
| 40-44 | 6800.30 | 6872.34 | 7035.31 | 7248.31 | 7483.44 | 7643.57 | 7781.03 | 7901.23 | 8102.54 | 8280.72 | 8337.22 | 8479.01 | 8570.17 | 8660.78 | 8742.60 | 8804.64 | 8869.45 | 8935.56 | 8998.93 | 9058.54 | 9116.12 | 9175.23 | 9231.50 | 9287.99 | 9345.35 | 9403.70 | 9462.75 | 9523.78 | 9585.72 | 9648.55 | 9712.14 | 9776.20 | 9840.67 | 9905.36 | 9970.09 |
| 45-49 | 6717.42 | 6538.48 | 6388.46 | 6418.51 | 6504.42 | 6693.88 | 6885.02 | 7133.13 | 7359.28 | 7496.62 | 7562.84 | 7695.86 | 7747.02 | 7815.67 | 7906.53 | 7968.99 | 8027.23 | 8094.18 | 8158.68 | 8213.53 | 8263.38 | 8316.25 | 8370.05 | 8422.29 | 8471.75 | 8520.35 | 8570.09 | 8618.84 | 8667.83 | 8717.40 | 8767.67 | 8818.08 | 8869.60 | 8921.55 | 8973.86 |
| 50-54 | 6292.32 | 6427.51 | 6463.47 | 6554.49 | 6603.51 | 6605.89 | 6531.09 | 6557.16 | 6643.92 | 6779.90 | 6926.99 | 7094.85 | 7244.88 | 7361.47 | 7446.26 | 7510.92 | 7581.22 | 7621.01 | 7672.48 | 7738.13 | 7790.92 | 7842.01 | 7898.20 | 7951.81 | 7998.96 | 8042.53 | 8089.16 | 8136.03 | 8182.07 | 8225.87 | 8269.31 | 8313.28 | 8356.61 | 8400.02 | 8443.80 |
| 55-59 | 5995.43 | 5781.53 | 5693.53 | 5791.57 | 5903.59 | 5964.64 | 6118.75 | 6175.44 | 6204.71 | 6225.60 | 6222.63 | 6205.65 | 6212.66 | 6244.52 | 6326.89 | 6440.86 | 6535.35 | 6647.08 | 6725.66 | 6783.04 | 6825.36 | 6872.63 | 6901.32 | 6939.94 | 6989.12 | 7029.70 | 7067.74 | 7108.95 | 7148.61 | 7184.66 | 7217.86 | 7253.20 | 7288.31 | 7322.88 | 7355.80 |
| 60-64 | 5260.51 | 5283.49 | 5368.43 | 5469.34 | 5566.39 | 5558.68 | 5410.04 | 5367.42 | 5470.94 | 5498.07 | 5525.01 | 5667.12 | 5708.30 | 5709.31 | 5731.24 | 5749.19 | 5728.05 | 5737.57 | 5766.83 | 5826.45 | 5917.23 | 5993.87 | 6083.11 | 6149.83 | 6203.44 | 6243.31 | 6287.19 | 6318.95 | 6358.05 | 6404.41 | 6446.64 | 6486.71 | 6529.53 | 6570.91 | 6609.67 |
| 65-69 | 4286.70 | 4285.64 | 4298.70 | 4458.66 | 4649.64 | 4685.77 | 4730.15 | 4810.69 | 4804.06 | 4784.75 | 4724.53 | 4665.37 | 4653.02 | 4720.11 | 4733.04 | 4757.30 | 4856.18 | 4894.08 | 4903.02 | 4923.09 | 4939.82 | 4925.33 | 4935.79 | 4957.76 | 5000.43 | 5067.13 | 5124.52 | 5190.34 | 5239.69 | 5284.05 | 5317.45 | 5354.75 | 5382.43 | 5415.34 | 5452.94 |
| 70-74 | 3660.72 | 3653.68 | 3600.77 | 3654.79 | 3728.79 | 3799.82 | 3794.60 | 3765.99 | 3815.63 | 3876.35 | 3876.99 | 3915.88 | 3956.45 | 3942.80 | 3932.45 | 3909.50 | 3880.02 | 3876.57 | 3926.94 | 3932.84 | 3951.63 | 4023.58 | 4045.43 | 4054.20 | 4075.52 | 4088.98 | 4076.39 | 4084.92 | 4101.27 | 4129.17 | 4173.67 | 4212.75 | 4259.70 | 4296.74 | 4331.14 |
| 75-79 | 2525.75 | 2559.91 | 2741.89 | 2888.91 | 2959.85 | 3099.47 | 3158.36 | 3120.19 | 3135.99 | 3136.23 | 3156.48 | 3166.34 | 3158.79 | 3191.99 | 3239.57 | 3252.52 | 3274.46 | 3306.14 | 3298.54 | 3293.82 | 3279.49 | 3261.18 | 3265.11 | 3301.84 | 3300.14 | 3318.59 | 3376.54 | 3392.59 | 3401.46 | 3417.28 | 3425.95 | 3417.21 | 3422.84 | 3432.82 | 3453.32 |
| 80-84 | 1907.83 | 1915.83 | 1925.85 | 1944.83 | 2028.83 | 2062.15 | 2094.39 | 2222.50 | 2331.13 | 2387.38 | 2493.13 | 2550.41 | 2528.31 | 2537.08 | 2539.28 | 2550.83 | 2554.17 | 2552.34 | 2572.86 | 2607.37 | 2620.58 | 2637.30 | 2657.15 | 2650.04 | 2644.98 | 2630.23 | 2615.17 | 2619.58 | 2644.46 | 2642.78 | 2656.55 | 2696.36 | 2705.60 | 2712.48 | 2721.84 |
| 85+ | 2102.87 | 2092.92 | 2187.89 | 2197.94 | 2224.94 | 2325.32 | 2429.85 | 2537.28 | 2595.08 | 2708.40 | 2781.49 | 2874.21 | 3014.88 | 3106.14 | 3199.98 | 3305.60 | 3384.01 | 3454.30 | 3512.87 | 3566.74 | 3635.62 | 3682.59 | 3724.13 | 3770.97 | 3826.05 | 3875.78 | 3910.68 | 3944.60 | 3966.72 | 3997.28 | 4018.03 | 4029.70 | 4054.24 | 4082.50 | 4099.59 |
| Total | 95199.75 | 92271.00 | 92036.98 | 94100.75 | 96027.89 | 96886.46 | 97795.41 | 99603.50 | 102076.35 | 103657.83 | 104231.37 | 106034.86 | 106706.63 | 107578.40 | 108541.28 | 109267.99 | 109994.70 | 110721.40 | 111448.11 | 112174.82 | 112901.53 | 113628.24 | 114354.95 | 115081.66 | 115808.37 | 116535.08 | 117261.79 | 117988.50 | 118715.21 | 119441.92 | 120168.63 | 120895.34 | 121622.05 | 122348.76 | 123075.47 |