The article focuses on population growth and mobility in Australia: implications for housing and urban development policies. Topics include the population projection data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to track how the population has grown over the period 2006–16, ...
"But the current growth of NOM is well short of the record during 2009, when over 300,000 people were added to the population." Overall, the ABS said, Australia's population grew by 348,700 people to reach 24.2 million by Sept. 2016.[...
Migration overtook natural increase as the biggest driver of Australia's population growth in 2005 for the first time since the gold rushes of the 1850s. According to the ABS, net overseas migration currently accounts for 62 percent of the nation's population growth and natural increase 38 perce...
Australia has the fastest population growth of major developed countries, and projections show a reduced infrastructure spend per capita, putting huge pressure on major cities. This report reveals: Population growth rate has increased above historic trends, largely due to immigration. The ABS predicts ...
Workshop E: South‐East Asia, Population growth and resource needs and their implications for AustraliaWorkshop E: South‐East Asia, Population growth and resource needs and their implications for Australiadoi:10.1080/00049999.1979.9709447ProfessorProfessorGerald...
However, immigration was viewed as important; a well known catch phrase was "populate or perish," reflecting the rationale that population growth would aid both defense and economic development. The Federation of States in 1901 coincided with the implementation of one of the most influential ...
References There is a six to nine month lag for Australia's demographic data at the date of release by the Australian Bureau Statistics (ABS). The only estimate of the current population of Australia is provided by the ABS and known as "population clock". This paper proposes a method for ...
ABS. National, State and Territory Population, June 2021 Release. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/national-state-and-territory-population (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021). ABS. Australian System of National Accounts, in ABS Catalogue Number 5204.0. https://www.abs.gov....
A separate ABS study released in June shows net overseas migration now accounts for 62 percent of total population growth. Natural increase makes up 38 percent. But immigration has become a political hot potato as the ruling centre-right coalition government and the opposition La...
CANBERRA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The age of Australia's population is on the rise, data released Thursday from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed. According to the ABS, 15.7 percent of Australia's population was aged 65 years and over as of June, up from 12.2 percent in ...