AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS (ABS)
NAME OF COLLECTION
Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
OVERVIEW
The Estimated Resident Population (ERP) is an estimate of the Australian resident population. It is produced by updating the previous quarter's estimate by adding the components of natural increase, net overseas migration and net interstate migration.
Natural increase refers to the excess of births over the number of deaths.
Net interstate migration refers to the difference between the number of Australian residents who move to a given state or territory from elsewhere in Australia and the number of residents who leave that state or territory to live elsewhere in Australia.
Net overseas migration refers to the difference between permanent and long-term arrivals to Australia, and permanent and long-term departures from Australia.
Estimates of the Australian population are used for a number of important public purposes including determining the number of seats for each state and territory in the House of Representatives and the allocation of Commonwealth funding for the states/territories and local governments. Population estimates are also used to weight many ABS surveys and are used by the private sector for market and academic/demographic research.
Overseas visitors in Australia are excluded from this calculation.
DATA DETAIL
Data items relevant to migrants and ethnicity
Estimates of the resident population by country of birth (together with other data items such as age, sex, state/territory of usual residence) together with explanatory notes are available in
Migration, Australia, 2005-06 (cat. no. 3412.0).
Example outputs from this publication include:
- Estimated resident population by individual country of birth (and median age and sex ratio)
- Estimated resident population by country of birth (region and individual)
- State and territory distribution of estimated resident population by country of birth
Other data items collected
- Demographic details
- Interstate migration
- Natural increase
A range of publications sourced from Estimated Resident Population collection is available on the
ABS website at Catalogue Number 31.
For further details on scope, geographic coverage, data availability and publications, methodology, classifications and concepts visit the
Population Estimates entry in the
Directory of Statistical Sources.
CONTACT DETAILS
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the
National Information and Referral Service.
Phone: 1300 135 070
Fax: 1300 135 211
Post: Client Services, ABS, GPO Box 796, Sydney 1041
Email:
client.services@abs.gov.au and you will be contacted within two working days.
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