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State summary tables
COMPOSITION
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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Total population | '000 | 1995p | 6,115 | 4,502 | 3,277 | 1,474 | 1,732 | 473 | 174 | 304 | 18,054 |
Male population | '000 | 1995p | 3,039 | 2,229 | 1,643 | 732 | 870 | 235 | 89 | 153 | 8,990 |
Female population | '000 | 1995p | 3,076 | 2,273 | 1,635 | 742 | 862 | 238 | 84 | 151 | 9,064 |
Median age | years | 1995p | 34.1 | 33.9 | 33.0 | 35.1 | 32.9 | 34.1 | 28.3 | 30.7 | 33.7 |
Proportion of population aged 0-14 | % | 1995p | 21.2 | 20.9 | 22.0 | 20.4 | 22.3 | 22.4 | 27.7 | 21.8 | 21.4 |
Proportion of population aged 65 and over | % | 1995p | 12.5 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 10.4 | 12.6 | 3.2 | 7.0 | 11.9 |
Overseas born (of population) | % | 1991 | 23.1 | 24.4 | 16.8 | 22.5 | 29.3 | 10.7 | 18.1 | 23.6 | 22.9 |
Born in non-English speaking countries (of population) | % | 1991 | 15.2 | 16.9 | 6.9 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 9.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 |
Living in capital city (of population) | % | 1995p | 61.7 | 71.5 | 45.4 | 73.3 | 72.9 | 41.2 | 45.5 | 99.9 | 63.1 |
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GROWTH
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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Growth rate | % | 1994-95p | 1.09 | 0.59 | 2.54 | 0.31 | 1.80 | 0.12 | 1.64 | 1.08 | 1.21 |
Net overseas migration rate | % | 1994-95p | 0.61 | 0.45 | 0.34 | 0.21 | 0.64 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.47 |
Net interstate migration rate | % | 1994-95p | -0.25 | -0.56 | 1.40 | -0.44 | 0.29 | -0.57 | -0.20 | -0.06 | . . |
Rate of natural increase | % | 1994-95p | 0.72 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.55 | 0.87 | 0.61 | 1.57 | 1.05 | 0.74 |
Net reproduction rate | no. | 1994 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 1.12 | 0.85 | 0.88 |
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) | no. | 1994 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 21.1 | 16.0 | 14.5 |
Crude death rate (per 1,000 population) | no. | 1994 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 7.1 |
Permanent and long-term overseas arrivals | '000 | 1994-95 | 99.0 | 54.8 | 35.5 | 10.8 | 27.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 238.5 |
Refugee arrivals | '000 | 1994-95 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.6 |
Interstate arrivals | '000 | 1994-95 | 87.1 | 53.4 | 114.9 | 24.7 | 31.7 | 10.1 | 18.0 | 19.1 | . . |
Permanent and long-term departures | '000 | 1994-95 | 57.9 | 32.3 | 23.2 | 7.3 | 15.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 145.5 |
Interstate departures | '000 | 1994-95 | 102.0 | 78.4 | 70.1 | 31.2 | 26.8 | 12.9 | 18.4 | 19.3 | . . |
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PROJECTIONS - SERIES A
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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Total population | '000 | 2041 | 7,941 | 5,282 | 5,854 | 1,622 | 2,786 | 538 | 295 | 540 | 24,858 |
Male population | '000 | 2041 | 3,896 | 2,558 | 2,903 | 799 | 1,367 | 266 | 151 | 270 | 12,210 |
Female population | '000 | 2041 | 4,045 | 2,724 | 2,951 | 823 | 1,419 | 272 | 144 | 270 | 12,648 |
Median age | years | 2041 | 41.7 | 42.6 | 41.2 | 44.8 | 41.0 | 45.0 | 34.8 | 39.1 | 41.8 |
Proportion of population aged 0-14 | % | 2041 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 15.5 | 17.7 | 16.4 | 21.6 | 17.5 | 17.3 |
Proportion of population aged 65 and over | % | 2041 | 22.2 | 23.3 | 21.0 | 25.0 | 20.8 | 25.0 | 13.9 | 18.6 | 22.0 |
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Reference periods: Population estimates (except overseas born and born in non-English speaking countries which are Census based) and projections are for 30 June.
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