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 |
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| 0-4 | 77.27 | 64.59 | 48.93 | 64.39 | 44.90 | 50.82 | 58.49 | 57.99 | 62.11 | 65.20 | 67.56 | 68.68 | 82.55 | 83.71 | 87.50 | 86.76 | 84.73 | 83.48 | 83.30 | 82.08 | 81.92 | 81.59 | 77.93 | 83.88 | 87.19 | 91.65 | 99.49 | 107.18 | 112.34 | 118.55 | 126.97 | 132.10 | 136.94 | 139.27 |
| 5-9 | 58.81 | 67.00 | 42.03 | 42.98 | 29.31 | 28.34 | 29.34 | 31.69 | 34.26 | 36.29 | 38.20 | 41.98 | 51.38 | 56.61 | 63.56 | 69.82 | 75.07 | 75.64 | 79.30 | 81.02 | 78.43 | 77.41 | 74.98 | 72.05 | 68.85 | 66.42 | 62.96 | 65.84 | 68.90 | 72.41 | 77.63 | 80.53 | 82.87 | 84.75 |
| 10-14 | 34.16 | 47.54 | 17.97 | 30.41 | 20.95 | 20.23 | 25.23 | 23.29 | 23.73 | 23.22 | 21.89 | 20.84 | 25.43 | 24.75 | 26.76 | 29.73 | 32.38 | 32.66 | 35.51 | 38.27 | 39.95 | 41.93 | 41.10 | 43.23 | 42.19 | 40.53 | 40.08 | 40.80 | 37.76 | 37.84 | 37.83 | 35.71 | 36.69 | 37.36 |
| 15-19 | 26.99 | 42.47 | 34.72 | 28.47 | 18.77 | 18.65 | 17.19 | 20.88 | 16.01 | 19.13 | 18.11 | 18.50 | 16.69 | 21.68 | 18.14 | 16.97 | 21.12 | 19.99 | 24.03 | 30.82 | 30.98 | 36.10 | 38.27 | 43.29 | 45.90 | 49.84 | 52.16 | 54.27 | 54.49 | 51.84 | 51.51 | 48.39 | 45.40 | 43.46 |
| 20-24 | 94.56 | 74.73 | 68.21 | 57.89 | 44.70 | 39.75 | 43.47 | 44.46 | 46.92 | 46.90 | 43.29 | 41.52 | 43.90 | 46.77 | 43.58 | 49.24 | 49.39 | 47.61 | 43.78 | 46.79 | 48.23 | 44.33 | 44.41 | 44.80 | 46.82 | 52.73 | 51.70 | 50.95 | 53.16 | 56.63 | 59.84 | 61.80 | 63.55 | 64.08 |
| 25-29 | 103.88 | 83.56 | 81.22 | 84.12 | 70.04 | 75.37 | 89.18 | 85.92 | 86.58 | 86.62 | 80.68 | 78.04 | 82.53 | 79.11 | 81.51 | 77.41 | 79.41 | 85.12 | 77.82 | 76.95 | 71.99 | 70.21 | 66.60 | 73.29 | 74.86 | 81.98 | 76.46 | 80.48 | 82.97 | 81.60 | 86.42 | 94.28 | 96.88 | 106.44 |
| 30-34 | 87.61 | 80.76 | 64.84 | 60.01 | 41.78 | 43.90 | 45.99 | 48.60 | 53.34 | 55.11 | 62.32 | 66.66 | 62.57 | 67.77 | 76.58 | 66.25 | 64.45 | 61.99 | 69.17 | 65.43 | 55.60 | 63.42 | 69.01 | 59.14 | 56.26 | 55.60 | 56.64 | 53.61 | 47.01 | 54.05 | 57.19 | 51.12 | 60.32 | 56.97 |
| 35-39 | 64.06 | 43.58 | 36.42 | 55.20 | 51.15 | 54.89 | 65.88 | 66.29 | 65.95 | 59.54 | 65.23 | 60.58 | 84.24 | 91.51 | 105.21 | 125.93 | 123.20 | 124.02 | 127.24 | 109.75 | 114.43 | 104.17 | 101.07 | 103.86 | 109.80 | 107.51 | 112.91 | 103.80 | 98.57 | 89.29 | 76.55 | 79.44 | 77.79 | 88.44 |
| 40-44 | 44.59 | 34.73 | 25.38 | 36.22 | 26.13 | 27.91 | 29.80 | 31.53 | 40.01 | 42.77 | 43.83 | 50.32 | 59.13 | 52.44 | 48.49 | 54.15 | 58.08 | 65.53 | 69.28 | 71.46 | 87.08 | 88.23 | 86.18 | 83.61 | 86.03 | 79.04 | 70.88 | 71.90 | 80.83 | 73.50 | 66.36 | 72.38 | 69.99 | 65.55 |
| 45-49 | 43.74 | 44.47 | 27.29 | 37.00 | 27.57 | 30.32 | 31.17 | 28.87 | 28.26 | 28.26 | 27.76 | 29.15 | 31.95 | 39.21 | 45.41 | 53.97 | 63.19 | 62.67 | 58.88 | 55.33 | 58.93 | 62.63 | 68.42 | 83.57 | 111.05 | 118.97 | 119.91 | 139.18 | 130.83 | 124.05 | 111.15 | 101.07 | 96.57 | 92.54 |
| 50-54 | 55.08 | 50.09 | 28.29 | 24.79 | 17.13 | 17.90 | 18.77 | 20.30 | 20.02 | 17.73 | 19.66 | 17.25 | 17.67 | 19.31 | 17.46 | 18.81 | 19.64 | 18.92 | 26.44 | 32.50 | 34.63 | 44.59 | 48.85 | 48.60 | 40.05 | 48.12 | 50.42 | 42.80 | 50.18 | 49.10 | 43.17 | 40.12 | 32.79 | 35.42 |
| 55-59 | 51.26 | 86.69 | 44.53 | 48.70 | 33.66 | 35.79 | 34.89 | 34.76 | 31.88 | 31.10 | 31.51 | 27.46 | 34.20 | 34.42 | 34.27 | 36.31 | 32.61 | 36.08 | 29.31 | 30.24 | 32.85 | 30.70 | 34.82 | 44.01 | 46.51 | 55.22 | 59.48 | 65.46 | 64.69 | 62.51 | 63.13 | 57.40 | 77.10 | 88.53 |
| 60-64 | 69.40 | 71.46 | 41.80 | 60.20 | 43.90 | 47.16 | 53.35 | 52.59 | 51.94 | 50.42 | 53.02 | 51.18 | 55.51 | 56.39 | 56.69 | 51.76 | 48.38 | 53.96 | 55.30 | 54.42 | 55.43 | 54.67 | 52.75 | 46.73 | 50.60 | 47.08 | 50.23 | 53.58 | 61.34 | 70.41 | 87.19 | 98.85 | 102.24 | 95.08 |
| 65-69 | 42.28 | 49.42 | 20.19 | 40.79 | 27.41 | 26.15 | 29.33 | 32.64 | 31.70 | 37.46 | 35.53 | 36.35 | 42.78 | 42.58 | 44.37 | 41.69 | 43.82 | 42.58 | 39.55 | 41.19 | 37.26 | 35.88 | 40.96 | 39.78 | 38.68 | 38.51 | 43.02 | 35.11 | 30.17 | 37.86 | 29.26 | 32.52 | 33.99 | 36.28 |
| 70-74 | 19.92 | 29.62 | 13.80 | 16.95 | 12.49 | 14.65 | 15.76 | 14.63 | 13.98 | 16.43 | 12.65 | 15.35 | 18.91 | 19.73 | 21.66 | 20.94 | 19.75 | 22.77 | 21.35 | 23.65 | 21.96 | 23.38 | 23.69 | 18.67 | 20.16 | 19.48 | 17.34 | 21.73 | 20.41 | 18.86 | 19.93 | 19.77 | 19.01 | 16.29 |
| 75-79 | 13.75 | 7.09 | 7.66 | 16.61 | 13.57 | 11.88 | 15.42 | 16.53 | 14.67 | 16.36 | 18.19 | 18.23 | 20.83 | 23.42 | 20.14 | 20.82 | 23.02 | 23.21 | 26.42 | 27.19 | 24.80 | 28.70 | 27.74 | 29.18 | 28.28 | 27.68 | 31.73 | 27.87 | 25.94 | 26.20 | 25.81 | 28.57 | 25.56 | 25.68 |
| 80-84 | 4.20 | 10.19 | 7.58 | 22.09 | 18.53 | 19.94 | 20.98 | 25.67 | 25.80 | 25.74 | 26.80 | 28.41 | 37.46 | 34.98 | 36.39 | 45.35 | 42.72 | 41.03 | 51.61 | 50.38 | 43.36 | 46.75 | 52.54 | 50.05 | 49.92 | 49.12 | 52.89 | 58.80 | 56.43 | 53.91 | 60.94 | 64.78 | 61.83 | 53.69 |
| 85+ | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.86 | 2.93 | 2.50 | 3.48 | 4.18 | 4.48 | 5.17 | 5.77 | 6.43 | 7.00 | 9.66 | 10.56 | 11.92 | 12.25 | 13.99 | 14.93 | 15.87 | 18.36 | 19.94 | 21.08 | 21.06 | 23.03 | 23.11 | 23.33 | 23.78 | 24.87 | 25.88 | 26.46 | 26.80 | 27.05 | 27.36 | 28.37 |
| Total | 891.56 | 888.31 | 611.73 | 729.75 | 544.48 | 567.14 | 628.42 | 641.12 | 652.34 | 664.05 | 672.65 | 677.49 | 777.36 | 804.95 | 839.63 | 878.17 | 894.97 | 912.19 | 934.17 | 935.83 | 937.77 | 955.78 | 970.39 | 990.77 | 1026.28 | 1052.81 | 1072.08 | 1098.24 | 1101.92 | 1105.08 | 1107.69 | 1125.90 | 1146.87 | 1158.20 |