4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 1994  
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State summary tables


COMPOSITION
COMPOSITION
Units
Years
NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Total population
'000
1993
6,008.6
4,462.1
3,112.6
1,461.7
1,677.6
471.7
168.3
298.9
17,661.5
Male population
'000
1993
2,987.6
2,210.3
1,559.6
725.6
842.9
233.9
87.5
150.1
8,797.4
Female population
'000
1993
3,021.0
2,251.8
1,553.0
736.1
834.8
237.8
80.8
148.8
8,864.0
Median age
years
1993
33.4
33.2
32.4
34.3
32.3
33.2
27.6
30.0
33.0
Dependency ratio
no.
1993
0.51
0.49
0.50
0.51
0.49
0.54
0.45
0.41
0.50
Aged 0-14 years
no.
1993
0.32
0.32
0.34
0.31
0.34
0.35
0.40
0.32
0.33
Aged 65 years and over
no.
1993
0.18
0.18
0.17
0.20
0.15
0.19
0.04
0.09
0.18
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)
%
1992
62.1
71.4
45.7
73.1
72.7
40.1
46.4
99.6
63.4

GROWTH
GROWTH
Units
Years
NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Growth rate
%
1992-93
0.84
0.30
2.71
0.36
1.24
0.40
0.70
1.61
1.02
Net overseas migration rate
%
1992-93
0.25
0.20
0.15
0.12
0.31
0.03
0.05
-0.16
0.20
Net interstate migration rate
%
1992-93
-0.25
-0.68
1.70
-0.34
0.01
-0.29
-1.19
0.55
. .
Rate of natural increase
%
1992-93
0.84
0.77
0.86
0.58
0.91
0.66
1.84
1.23
0.82
Net reproduction rate
no.
1992
0.94
0.88
0.93
0.81
0.90
0.93
1.13
0.84
0.91
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population)
no.
1992
15.5
14.8
15.1
13.3
15.1
14.8
22.3
16.5
15.1
Crude death rate (per 1,000 population)
no.
1992
7.5
7.2
6.8
7.5
6.0
7.9
4.6
4.1
7.1
Permanent and long-term arrivals
'000
1992-93
83.7
48.1
29.2
9.9
22.3
2.0
1.4
5.5
203.8
Refugee arrivals
'000
1992-93
4.4
4.2
0.6
0.5
0.7
0.0
0.1
0.1
10.9
Interstate arrivals
'000
1992-93
94.5
59.7
117.0
26.8
33.1
12.4
16.2
21.4
. .
Permanent and long-term departures
'000
1992-93
57.9
32.9
20.9
6.8
14.3
1.6
1.1
5.3
141.1
Interstate departures
'000
1992-93
110.4
88.9
66.7
31.4
32.4
13.5
18.1
19.6
. .

PROJECTIONS - SERIES A
Units
Years
NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Total population
'000
2041
7,941.4
5,282.2
5,853.8
1,622.3
2,786.2
537.7
294.9
540.0
24,858.4
Male population
'000
2041
3,896.4
2,557.9
2,903.1
799.2
1,367.0
265.6
151.0
270.2
12,210.3
Female population
'000
2041
4,045.0
2,724.3
2,950.7
823.1
1,419.2
272.1
143.9
269.8
12,648.1
Median age
years
2041
41.7
42.6
41.2
44.8
41.0
45.0
34.8
39.1
41.8
Dependency ratio
no.
2041
0.66
0.67
0.63
0.68
0.63
0.70
0.55
0.56
0.65
Aged 0-14 years
no.
2041
0.29
0.28
0.29
0.26
0.29
0.28
0.34
0.27
0.29
Aged 65 years and over
no.
2041
0.37
0.40
0.34
0.42
0.34
0.43
0.22
0.29
0.36

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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