Population

Country
Australia
Canada
China
France
Greece
Hong Kong (SAR of
China)
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Korea (Republic of)
Malaysia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Singapore
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States of
America
Viet Nam

Reference
Total
014 years 1559 years
year population
'000
%
%
2005
20 155
19.6
63.0
2005
32 268
17.6
64.5
2005 1 315 844
21.4
67.7
2005
60 496
18.2
60.7
2005
11 120
14.3
62.7

60 years
and over
%
17.3
17.9
10.9
21.1
23.0

2005

7 041

14.5

70.2

15.4

2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005

222 781
58 093
128 085
47 817
25 347
4 028
5 887
4 326
9 041
59 668

28.3
14.0
14.0
18.5
32.4
21.3
40.2
19.5
17.5
17.9

63.3
60.4
59.7
67.7
60.6
61.9
55.8
68.2
59.2
60.9

8.4
25.6
26.3
13.7
7.0
16.7
3.9
12.2
23.4
21.2

2005

298 213

20.7

62.5

16.7

2005

84 238

29.6

63.0

7.5

Reference
year
Country
Australia
Canada
China
France
Greece
Hong Kong (SAR of
China)
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Korea (Republic of)
Malaysia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Singapore
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States of
America
Viet Nam

20052010
20052010
20052010
20052010
20052010

Annual
average
Crude
Crude
Total
growth birth rate(c) death rate(c) fertility rate
rate(b)
%
rate
rate
rate
1.0
12.3
7.0
1.8
0.9
9.9
7.4
1.5
0.6
13.2
7.1
1.7
0.3
12.0
9.6
1.9
0.2
8.9
10.5
1.3

20052010

1.0

8.0

5.9

1.0

20052010
20052010
20052010
20052010
20052010
20052010
20052010
20052010
20052010
20052010

1.1

0.1
0.3
1.7
0.7
1.8
1.2
0.3
0.3

19.2
8.9
8.9
9.3
20.4
13.2
27.8
8.4
10.7
10.9

7.1
10.6
8.8
6.0
4.7
7.4
9.6
5.5
10.1
10.2

2.2
1.4
1.4
1.2
2.6
2.0
3.6
1.3
1.7
1.7

20052010

0.9

13.9

8.4

2.0

20052010

1.3

18.9

5.8

2.1

Education
Below
Refere
upper
nce secondary
year education(
a)
Country
Australia
Canada
China
France
Greece
Hong Kong
(SAR of
China)
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Korea
(Republic of)
Malaysia
New Zealand
Papua New
Guinea
Singapore
Sweden
United
Kingdom
United States
of America
Viet Nam

Upper
secondary
Tertiary type
Tertiary
education
A and
type B
and postadvanced
education(
secondary
research
c)
non-tertiary
programs(d)
education(b)
%
%
%
31
11
20
40
22
22
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
41
9
15
36
6
12

Total(e)

2003
2003
..
2003
2003

%
38
17
n.a.
36
47

%
100
100
n.a.
100
100

..

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

..
2003
2003

n.a.
53
16

n.a.
36
47

n.a.
(f)
17

n.a.
10
21

n.a.
100
100

2003

27

44

22

100

..
2003

n.a.
22

n.a.
46

n.a.
15

n.a.
17

n.a.
100

..

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

100

..
2003

n.a.
17

n.a.
49

n.a.
15

n.a.
18

100
100

2003

16

56

19

100

2003

13

49

29

100

..

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Health
Life

Country
Australia
Canada
China
France
Greece
Hong Kong
(SAR of
China)
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Korea
(Republic of)
Malaysia
New Zealand
Papua New
Guinea
Singapore
Sweden
United
Kingdom
United States
of America
Viet Nam

Referen
Infant
ce mortality
year rate(a)(b)
rate
2005
5
2010
2005
5
2010
2005
31
2010
2005
4
2010
2005
6
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010
2005
2010

Healthy

Males

Females

years

years

78.5

83.4

78.2

Reference
year

Males

Females

years

years

2002

70.9

74.3

83.1

2002

70.1

74.0

70.8

74.6

2002

63.1

65.2

76.6

83.5

2002

69.3

74.7

76.1

81.3

2002

69.1

72.9

79.3

85.1

..

n.a.

n.a.

34

67.0

70.5

2002

57.4

58.9

77.5

83.6

2002

70.7

74.7

79.1

86.4

2002

72.3

77.7

74.5

81.9

2002

64.8

70.8

71.9

76.5

2002

61.6

64.8

77.7

82.0

2002

69.5

72.2

64

56.6

57.8

2002

51.4

52.4

77.6

81.3

2002

68.8

71.3

78.6

83.0

2002

71.9

74.8

76.7

81.2

2002

69.1

72.1

75.2

80.6

2002

67.2

71.3

26

69.9

73.9

2002

59.8

62.9

HEALTH: STATE SUMMARY

Units Years NSW Vic. Qld SA

Health status
Life
expectancy(a)
Life expectancy
1
years
at birth males
Life expectancy
2
years
at birth females
Males surviving
7
%
to age 50 years
Females
8 surviving to age %
50
Males surviving
9
%
to age 70
Females
10 surviving to age %
70
Males surviving
11
%
to age 85
Females
12 surviving to age %
85
Mortality(b)
Total number of
13
'000
deaths
Standardised
death rate
14
rate
(per 1,000
population)(c)
Infant mortality
rate
15
rate
(per 1,000 live
births)
Perinatal
mortality rate
(per 1,000
16
rate
live births and
fetal deaths
combined)

2002
04
2002
04
2002
04

WA Tas.

NT ACT Aust.

78.0 78.5 77.8 78.0 78.6 76.7 72.3 79.7 78.1

83.3 83.3 82.9 83.1 83.3 81.8 78.0 83.9 83.0
95.0 95.3 94.4 94.7 94.9 94.2 87.8 95.8 94.8

2002
04

97.2 97.2 97.0 96.9 97.0 96.6 92.9 97.7 97.1

2002
04

79.2 80.4 78.8 79.2 80.5 77.0 66.2 82.8 79.3

2002
04

88.0 88.0 87.3 87.4 87.8 85.7 78.1 89.6 87.4

2002
04

35.6 37.1 36.1 35.9 37.8 31.4 26.5 40.9 36.2

2002
04

54.5 54.5 53.7 54.4 55.1 49.1 40.5 56.3 53.7

2004

46.4 32.5 24.5 11.6 11.2

3.9 0.9 1.4 132.5

2004

6.3

6.0

6.5

6.2

6.0

7.1 8.2 5.6

6.3

2004

4.6

4.5

5.2

3.2

3.9

3.6 10.7 6.9

4.7

2004

7.2

9.2

8.4

6.9

7.4

6.9 11.2 11.0

8.0

HOUSING: STATE SUMMARY

Units Years NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas.
Number of occupied
1
'000
private dwellings
Public sector
2
'000
dwellings completed
Private sector
3
'000
dwellings completed
Dwelling structure
selected(b)
4Separate house

5Semidetached
6Flat

Housing utilisation
Average persons per
7
no.
household
Average bedrooms
8
no.
per dwelling
Households with two
9or more bedrooms %
above requirements
Households with
10
%
insufficient bedrooms

2001

2
1
1
613 724 192
455 817 383

NT(a
ACT Aust.
)
63 120 7 367

2004
0.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.1 3.2
05
2004
41.0 41.5 38.2 9.5 18.4 2.6 0.9 1.9 153.9
05
2003
76.6 80.3 82.1 81.8 83.5 88.1 74.0 77.7 80.0
04
2003
%
7.6 9.2 5.1 12.0 12.5 5.3 *7.5 10.6 8.3
04
2003
15.4 10.3 11.8 5.6 3.5 6.2 18.1 11.2 11.2
04
2003
04
2003
04

2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5

2.5

3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.3 2.9 2.9 3.2

3.0

2003
39.3 39.7 43.4 42.4 51.3 41.1 32.2 49.0 41.8
04
2003
04

3.4 2.8 2.7 2.2 1.5 *1.4 4.2 **0.6

2.7