AUSTRALIA’S POPULATION GROWTH

By: Anthony H. Nguyen

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Certificate IV Group I, Business Admin
Teacher: Mr. Alan Beggs
Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2010
 HOW FAST ARE WE GROWING?
Australia Population Growth
25,000,000

20,000,000 21,955,300
Population

18,925,000
15,000,000 16,814,400
10,000,000
Population
5,000,000

-
1988-89 1998-99 2008-09
Year

Growth: ~1.31%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

 WHAT IS DRIVING GROWTH?
Population Growth (%), 2005-2009

0.5% World Growth Average

1.2%
0.6%
Australia
0.5%
Canada

United Kingdom

1.0% People's Republic of

1.9% China
Italy

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

 WHERE DO MIGRANTS SETTLE?
Settling Locations of Migrants, NOM 2008-09

Western Australia 45,000

Queensland 58,000
State

Victoria 81,000 Migrants

New South Wales 89,000

- 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000

Migrants

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

POPULATION GROWTH CENTRES, 2004-2009

Population Growth (%)

9%

14% 29%

Queensland
Victoria
New South Wales
Western Australia
23% Other Australian states

25%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

 STATE CAPITALS POPULATION GROWTH, 2004-2009

Migrants

Perth 199,000
State Capital

Brisbane 219,000

Migrants
Sydney 290,000

Melbourne 370,000

- 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

 IMPLICATIONS OF THESE STATISTICS
 The implications of these statistics regarding the population growth of
Australia is enough to alarm demographers.
 More resources would have to be allocated to feed, house and employ the
growing population.
 Government expenditure will annually increase, and to support the
expenditure, taxes will have to be raised.
 The population is aging annually at a gradual rate, increasing the ratio of
retirees to workers.
 Australia is one of the most heavily urbanised countries in the Western world,
with some 90+% of the population living in the cities.