Australia defined demographically and generationally. Here's our latest Population Map. Now in it's 10th edition, more than 100,000 hard copies of this A5 card have been distributed, and many times this in electronic form. We hope it is a useful ready reference for you.

1. CITY
SYDNEY
MELBOURNE
BRISBANE
PERTH
ADELAIDE
Gold Coast
Newcastle
ACT/CANBERRA
Central Coast
Sunshine Coast
Wollongong
HOBART
Geelong
Townsville
Cairns
DARWIN
Toowoomba
Ballarat
Bendigo
Albury/Wodonga
Mackay
Launceston
Rockhampton
Bunbury
Bundaberg
Coffs Harbour
Wagga Wagga
Hervey Bay
Mildura
Shepparton
‘000
4,488
4,375
2,207
1,995
1,283
623
433
429
324
301
291
208
186
182
149
124
115
100
93
88
87
86
82
76
71
69
55
52
50
49
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
11
12
15
16
WA
2.59m
(10.9%)
NT
0.25m
(1.0%)
SA
1.71m
(7.2%)
QLD
4.77m
(20.1%)
NSW
7.55m
(31.9%)
ACT
0.43m
(1.8%)
TAS
0.52m
(2.2%)
WA
3.1%
QLD
1.8%
ACT
1.6%
VIC
1.9%
NT
1.8%
NSW
1.5%
SA
0.9%
TAS: 0.2%
Today: 5.8%
Today: 0.72 million
Today: 23.7 million
World Today: 1.1%
9.1 million (2.6 people/household)
Births: 310,600 Deaths: 146,200
Departures: 270,600Arrivals: 511,600
Natural increase: 164,400
Net overseas migration: 241,000
A U S T R A L I A’ S P O P U L AT I O N M A P

2. 0
POPULATION
2.51 million - 11%
% OF WORKFORCE
Today: 1% | 2025: 0%
UNI DEGREE: 1 in 10
POPULATION
5.20 million - 22%
% OF WORKFORCE
Today: 27% | 2025: 13%
UNI DEGREE: 1 in 5
POPULATION
4.86 million - 21%
% OF WORKFORCE
Today: 35% | 2025: 29%
UNI DEGREE: 1 in 4
POPULATION
5.15 million - 22%
% OF WORKFORCE
Today: 31% | 2025: 31%
UNI DEGREE: 1 in 3
POPULATION
4.43 million - 19%
% OF WORKFORCE
Today: 6% | 2025: 27%
UNI DEGREE: 1 in 2
POP.
1.6 m
7%
1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005 2015‘40 ‘50 ‘60 ‘70 ‘80 ‘90 ‘00 ‘10
6 million
69+ 50-68 35-49 20-34 5-19
<5
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