In-migration is the number of people who move into an area each year. It covers people from abroad and from other parts of the country. This page shows total in-migration over time and a split by age and sex.
Estimated figures come from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
In projected years, in-migration is set using dwelling-based target scaling and an in-migration age profile.
In-migration is one of the four parts of how the population changes. Along with births, it adds people to the area. The gap between people moving in and people moving out is net migration. Net migration is often the main driver of local growth or decline.
| Age Group | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 | 99.69 | 55.06 | 52.68 | 50.09 | 138.59 | 135.45 | 133.29 | 131.74 | 131.58 | 147.45 | 152.22 | 154.58 | 157.01 | 158.28 | 158.14 | 164.15 | 167.84 | 157.59 | 170.11 | 173.18 | 172.59 | 182.01 | 176.65 | 179.05 | 177.24 | 178.58 | 180.99 | 184.00 | 196.30 | 200.26 | 202.99 | 184.43 | 182.72 | 181.39 |
| 5-9 | 55.39 | 37.75 | 55.27 | 51.49 | 77.00 | 75.26 | 74.06 | 73.20 | 73.11 | 81.93 | 84.58 | 85.89 | 87.24 | 87.94 | 87.87 | 91.20 | 93.26 | 87.56 | 94.51 | 96.22 | 95.90 | 101.13 | 98.15 | 99.48 | 98.48 | 99.22 | 100.56 | 102.24 | 109.07 | 111.27 | 112.78 | 102.47 | 101.52 | 100.78 |
| 10-14 | 72.31 | 58.42 | 51.40 | 51.59 | 100.52 | 98.25 | 96.68 | 95.55 | 95.44 | 106.95 | 110.41 | 112.12 | 113.88 | 114.80 | 114.70 | 119.06 | 121.74 | 114.30 | 123.38 | 125.61 | 125.19 | 132.02 | 128.13 | 129.87 | 128.55 | 129.53 | 131.28 | 133.46 | 142.38 | 145.25 | 147.23 | 133.77 | 132.53 | 131.56 |
| 15-19 | 158.11 | 200.10 | 177.50 | 161.72 | 219.80 | 214.82 | 211.40 | 208.93 | 208.69 | 233.85 | 241.41 | 245.16 | 249.01 | 251.02 | 250.80 | 260.33 | 266.19 | 249.93 | 269.78 | 274.65 | 273.72 | 288.66 | 280.16 | 283.96 | 281.09 | 283.22 | 287.04 | 291.82 | 311.32 | 317.61 | 321.93 | 292.50 | 289.78 | 287.67 |
| 20-24 | 373.81 | 562.06 | 574.10 | 547.03 | 519.64 | 507.89 | 499.79 | 493.96 | 493.38 | 552.87 | 570.75 | 579.61 | 588.70 | 593.46 | 592.95 | 615.47 | 629.34 | 590.89 | 637.82 | 649.33 | 647.14 | 682.46 | 662.37 | 671.35 | 664.56 | 669.59 | 678.64 | 689.93 | 736.03 | 750.89 | 761.12 | 691.53 | 685.11 | 680.12 |
| 25-29 | 331.69 | 428.20 | 390.94 | 414.62 | 461.10 | 450.67 | 443.48 | 438.31 | 437.80 | 490.58 | 506.45 | 514.31 | 522.38 | 526.60 | 526.15 | 546.13 | 558.44 | 524.32 | 565.96 | 576.17 | 574.24 | 605.57 | 587.74 | 595.71 | 589.69 | 594.16 | 602.18 | 612.20 | 653.11 | 666.29 | 675.37 | 613.62 | 607.93 | 603.49 |
| 30-34 | 227.62 | 180.45 | 200.69 | 200.53 | 316.42 | 309.26 | 304.33 | 300.78 | 300.43 | 336.65 | 347.54 | 352.93 | 358.47 | 361.37 | 361.06 | 374.77 | 383.21 | 359.80 | 388.38 | 395.39 | 394.06 | 415.56 | 403.33 | 408.79 | 404.66 | 407.73 | 413.23 | 420.11 | 448.18 | 457.23 | 463.46 | 421.09 | 417.18 | 414.13 |
| 35-39 | 129.18 | 90.45 | 93.29 | 82.61 | 179.58 | 175.52 | 172.72 | 170.70 | 170.50 | 191.06 | 197.24 | 200.30 | 203.44 | 205.09 | 204.91 | 212.69 | 217.49 | 204.20 | 220.42 | 224.39 | 223.64 | 235.84 | 228.90 | 232.00 | 229.66 | 231.40 | 234.52 | 238.43 | 254.36 | 259.49 | 263.03 | 238.98 | 236.76 | 235.03 |
| 40-44 | 100.47 | 74.03 | 71.93 | 91.93 | 139.67 | 136.51 | 134.33 | 132.76 | 132.61 | 148.60 | 153.40 | 155.78 | 158.23 | 159.51 | 159.37 | 165.42 | 169.15 | 158.81 | 171.43 | 174.52 | 173.93 | 183.43 | 178.03 | 180.44 | 178.61 | 179.97 | 182.40 | 185.44 | 197.83 | 201.82 | 204.57 | 185.87 | 184.14 | 182.80 |
| 45-49 | 59.04 | 40.59 | 46.07 | 43.28 | 82.07 | 80.21 | 78.93 | 78.01 | 77.92 | 87.32 | 90.14 | 91.54 | 92.98 | 93.73 | 93.65 | 97.20 | 99.39 | 93.32 | 100.73 | 102.55 | 102.21 | 107.78 | 104.61 | 106.03 | 104.96 | 105.75 | 107.18 | 108.96 | 116.24 | 118.59 | 120.21 | 109.22 | 108.20 | 107.41 |
| 50-54 | 64.41 | 63.63 | 36.54 | 60.16 | 89.54 | 87.52 | 86.12 | 85.12 | 85.02 | 95.27 | 98.35 | 99.88 | 101.45 | 102.27 | 102.18 | 106.06 | 108.45 | 101.82 | 109.91 | 111.89 | 111.52 | 117.60 | 114.14 | 115.69 | 114.52 | 115.38 | 116.94 | 118.89 | 126.83 | 129.39 | 131.16 | 119.16 | 118.06 | 117.20 |
| 55-59 | 65.36 | 42.37 | 44.60 | 42.76 | 90.87 | 88.81 | 87.39 | 86.37 | 86.27 | 96.68 | 99.80 | 101.35 | 102.94 | 103.77 | 103.68 | 107.62 | 110.05 | 103.32 | 111.53 | 113.54 | 113.16 | 119.33 | 115.82 | 117.39 | 116.20 | 117.09 | 118.67 | 120.64 | 128.70 | 131.30 | 133.09 | 120.92 | 119.80 | 118.93 |
| 60-64 | 42.59 | 35.63 | 29.36 | 35.06 | 59.21 | 57.87 | 56.95 | 56.28 | 56.22 | 62.99 | 65.03 | 66.04 | 67.08 | 67.62 | 67.56 | 70.13 | 71.71 | 67.33 | 72.67 | 73.99 | 73.74 | 77.76 | 75.47 | 76.49 | 75.72 | 76.29 | 77.32 | 78.61 | 83.86 | 85.56 | 86.72 | 78.79 | 78.06 | 77.49 |
| 65-69 | 15.48 | 30.85 | 20.10 | 23.11 | 21.52 | 21.03 | 20.70 | 20.45 | 20.43 | 22.89 | 23.63 | 24.00 | 24.38 | 24.57 | 24.55 | 25.49 | 26.06 | 24.47 | 26.41 | 26.89 | 26.80 | 28.26 | 27.43 | 27.80 | 27.52 | 27.73 | 28.10 | 28.57 | 30.48 | 31.09 | 31.52 | 28.64 | 28.37 | 28.16 |
| 70-74 | 13.91 | 18.11 | 9.31 | 20.95 | 19.34 | 18.90 | 18.60 | 18.39 | 18.36 | 20.58 | 21.24 | 21.57 | 21.91 | 22.09 | 22.07 | 22.91 | 23.43 | 21.99 | 23.74 | 24.17 | 24.09 | 25.40 | 24.65 | 24.99 | 24.74 | 24.92 | 25.26 | 25.68 | 27.40 | 27.95 | 28.33 | 25.74 | 25.50 | 25.32 |
| 75-79 | 3.23 | 15.64 | 6.47 | 13.72 | 4.49 | 4.39 | 4.32 | 4.27 | 4.26 | 4.78 | 4.93 | 5.01 | 5.09 | 5.13 | 5.12 | 5.32 | 5.44 | 5.11 | 5.51 | 5.61 | 5.59 | 5.90 | 5.72 | 5.80 | 5.74 | 5.79 | 5.87 | 5.96 | 6.36 | 6.49 | 6.58 | 5.98 | 5.92 | 5.88 |
| 80-84 | 2.31 | 12.75 | 15.29 | 20.48 | 3.21 | 3.14 | 3.09 | 3.05 | 3.05 | 3.41 | 3.52 | 3.58 | 3.63 | 3.66 | 3.66 | 3.80 | 3.89 | 3.65 | 3.94 | 4.01 | 4.00 | 4.21 | 4.09 | 4.14 | 4.10 | 4.13 | 4.19 | 4.26 | 4.54 | 4.64 | 4.70 | 4.27 | 4.23 | 4.20 |
| 85+ | 4.00 | 23.60 | 7.98 | 16.83 | 5.56 | 5.43 | 5.35 | 5.29 | 5.28 | 5.92 | 6.11 | 6.20 | 6.30 | 6.35 | 6.35 | 6.59 | 6.73 | 6.32 | 6.83 | 6.95 | 6.92 | 7.30 | 7.09 | 7.18 | 7.11 | 7.17 | 7.26 | 7.38 | 7.88 | 8.04 | 8.14 | 7.40 | 7.33 | 7.28 |
| Total | 1818.60 | 1969.69 | 1883.52 | 1927.96 | 2528.13 | 2470.93 | 2431.51 | 2403.17 | 2400.36 | 2689.78 | 2776.76 | 2819.86 | 2864.11 | 2887.26 | 2884.78 | 2994.34 | 3061.79 | 2874.73 | 3103.08 | 3159.05 | 3148.43 | 3320.23 | 3222.49 | 3266.17 | 3233.14 | 3257.64 | 3301.64 | 3356.60 | 3580.87 | 3653.15 | 3702.93 | 3364.39 | 3333.15 | 3308.84 |