AUSTRALIA’S TOP 20 CITIES: AUSTRALIA’S TOP 20 CITIES continued

1. Sydney: 4.5m 11. Hobart: 213,000

2. Melbourne: 4.0m 16. Darwin: 128,000 12. Geelong: 177,000
3. Brisbane: 2.3m 13. Townsville: 173,000
PGR 4.
5.
Perth: 1.7m
Adelaide: 1.2m
14.
15.
Cairns: 154,000
Toowoomba: 128,000
TFR
BY STATE BY STATE
6. Gold Coast: 590,000 16. Darwin: 128,000
7. Newcastle: 544,000 17. Launceston: 106,000
3.09% 8. ACT/Canberra: 354,000 18. Albury/Wodonga: 105,000 2.28
14
9. Wollongong: 291,000 19. Bendigo: 103,000
10. Sunshine Coast: 251,000 20. Ballarat: 93,000
NT 13
2.52% 0.23m 2.19
(1.0%)
QLD
4.4m
POPULATION GROWTH RATE BY STATE

(20.3%)
1.95% WA 2.04

TOTAL FERTILITY RATE BY STATE

2.2m
10
(10.2%)
SA 15
6
3. Brisbane:
2.3m
1.95% 1.6m 2.10
(7.4%)
NSW
1.69% 7.1m 1.96
4. Perth: 1.7m 7
(32.4%)
5. Adelaide: 1.2m 1. Sydney: 4.5m
9

1.40%
VIC 8. ACT/Canberra: 354,000 (1.6%) 1.94
5.4m
(24.8%) 19 18
TOTAL NATIONAL POPULATION 20
1910: 4.4 million Today: 22.2 million Map Key 12 2. Melbourne: 4.0m
1.16% 1.79
NATIONAL GROWTH RATE 1. City ranking by population
1910: 2.2% Today: 1.9% Capital city, city population TAS
POPULATION CHANGE Other city, city population
0.5m 17
0.99% Births: 296,610 Deaths: 143,942 (2.3%) 11. Hobart: 213,000 1.76
Natural Increase: 152,668 Net overseas migration: 235,415
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 FERTILITY RATES (BABIES PER WOMAN) MEDIAN AGE OF PARENTS (NEW BIRTHS)
Australia 1960: 3.5 Today: 1.9 1980: Fathers - 29.4 Mothers - 26.6
Current OECD Avg: 1.7 Current World Avg : 2.6 Today: Fathers - 33.1 Mothers - 30.7
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
1910: Male - 55.2 Female - 58.8 The “echo boom” - reflected
Today: Male - 79.1 Female - 83.8 Record birth numbers, the fertility years of the Boomers
1971 (276,361),
MEDIAN AGE FIRST MARRIAGE Highest birth rate ever not beaten until 2007 Australia’s mini baby
1980: Male - 24.2 Female - 22.1 recorded - 1961 boom continues
Today: Male - 29.6 Female - 27.7 (3.5 per woman)
Lowest birth rate ever
CURRENT POPULATION Post WWII baby boom recorded - 2001 (1.7)
BY YEAR OF BIRTH
350 000

300 000
War babies

GENERATION ALPHA
GENERATION Y

GENERATION Z
GENERATION X
250 000

200 000
BUILDERS

BOOMERS
150 000

100 000 Born before 1946 Born 1946-1964 Born 1965-1979 Born 1980-1994 Born 1995-2009
3.02 million 5.26 million 4.62 million 4.62 million 4.18 million
% of pop: 14% % of pop: 24% % of pop: 21% % of pop: 21% % of pop: 19%
50 000
% of the workforce % of the workforce % of the workforce % of the workforce % of the workforce
Today: 2% Today: 36% Today: 44% Today: 18% Today: 0%
2020: 0% 2020: 16% 2020: 36% 2020: 36% 2020: 12%

’35 ’45 ’55 ’65 ’75 ’85 ’95 ’05

1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Australian
PM’s Timeline: Scul Lyons Menz Curtin Chifley Menzies Holt Gorton McM Whit Fraser Hawke Keating Howard Rudd

Australia 6.5 million 10 million 16 million 19 million 22 mil

Population 7 million 13 million
World 2 billion 3 billion 4 billion 5 billion 6 billion 7 billion
Population
Australian PM’s Timeline Key: - Liberal / National - Labor © Copyright 2010 McCrindle Research Pty Ltd. Population graph based on projected figures. Sources: McCrindle Research, ABS.

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