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REVISION OF DATA

Data for December Quarter 2000 and March Quarter 2001 in Table 2 are revised since previous issue and are now final. These revisions were necessitated by the detection of an intermediate computer process failure in preparing final intercensal population estimates. The process failure occurred in replacing preliminary projections of overseas migration for the March and June Quarters 2001 with actual data from passenger cards supplied by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.


ABOUT THESE STATISTICS

This publication provides population estimates for the states and territories at 30 September 2002. Further details of these statistics are available in Australian Demographic Statistics, September Quarter, 2002 (cat. no. 3101.0).

These estimates take into account the results of the 2001 Census of Population and Housing and final estimates of Census net undercount, demographic adjustments, birth and death registrations and estimates of net overseas and net interstate migration.

For further information about the revisions incorporated in this release please see Demography Working Paper 2002/2 - Estimated Resident Population and Effects of Census Systems Created Records and Demography Working Paper 2003/1 - Estimated Resident Population and Measurement of Category Jumping.


ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION

The preliminary estimated resident population of Australia at September 2002 was 19,727,500 persons. The population increased by 252,000 persons since September 2001 and 64,700 persons since June 2002.


POPULATION GROWTH RATES

During the year ended September 2002 the Australian population grew by 1.3%. Excluding Other Territories, all states and territories, with the exception of the Northern Territory, had positive growth rates, the highest being for Queensland (2.3%) and the lowest for Tasmania (0.4%). The Northern Territory recorded a negative growth rate of 0.1% (or a loss of 260 persons) in the 12 months ended September 2002.

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION AND GROWTH RATES(a)
		Population at end of
		September Quarter
						Change over
		2001		2002		previous year
		no.		no.		no.		%
New South Wales		6,594,553		6,657,351		62,798		1.0
Victoria		4,821,455		4,888,234		66,779		1.4
Queensland		3,646,256		3,729,028		82,772		2.3
South Australia		1,513,470		1,522,456		8,986		0.6
Western Australia		1,907,877		1,934,494		26,617		1.4
Tasmania		471,604		473,365		1,761		0.4
Northern Territory		197,985		197,724		-261		-0.1
Australian Capital Territory		319,698		322,234		2,536		0.8
Other Territories(b)		2,586		2,590		4		0.2
Australia		19,475,484		19,727,476		251,992		1.3
(a) Data for September Quarter 2001 are revised since previous issue. Data for September Quarter 2002 are preliminary. (b) Comprised of Jervis Bay Territory, Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

TABLE 2. QUARTERLY ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION(a)
	New							Australian
At end	South			South	Western		Northern	Capital
of period	Wales	Victoria	Queensland	Australia	Australia	Tasmania	Territory	Territory	Australia(b)
2000
December	6,527,379	4,770,042	3,592,443	1,508,028	1,887,658	471,416	196,257	316,816	19,272,644
2001
March	6,557,399	4,793,874	3,612,587	1,510,386	1,896,309	471,830	196,905	318,353	19,360,239
June	6,575,217	4,804,726	3,628,946	1,511,728	1,901,159	471,795	197,768	319,317	19,413,240
September	6,594,553	4,821,455	3,646,256	1,513,470	1,907,877	471,604	197,985	319,698	19,475,484
December	6,608,792	4,836,196	3,664,284	1,515,748	1,913,850	472,116	197,617	320,275	19,531,464
2002
March	6,631,006	4,861,263	3,686,253	1,518,621	1,921,583	472,610	197,520	321,540	19,612,987
June	6,640,355	4,872,538	3,707,175	1,520,242	1,927,322	472,725	198,013	321,819	19,662,781
September	6,657,351	4,888,234	3,729,028	1,522,456	1,934,494	473,365	197,724	322,234	19,727,476
(a) Data from December Quarter 2000 to June Quarter 2001 inclusive are revised since previous issue and are now final. Data from September Quarter 2001 to June Quarter 2002 inclusive are revised since previous issue. Data for September Quarter 2002 are preliminary. (b) Includes Other Territories.

TABLE 3. ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION, Other Territories(a)
	Population at end of
	September Quarter
	2001	2002
Jervis Bay Territory	546	554
Christmas Island	1,441	1,436
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	599	600
Total Other Territories	2,586	2,590
(a) Data for September Quarter 2001 are revised since previous issue. Data for September Quarter 2002 are preliminary.

TABLE 4. COMPONENTS OF ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION, 30 June 2001(a)
	New							Australian
	South			South	Western		Northern	Capital
At end of period	Wales	Victoria	Queensland	Australia	Australia	Tasmania	Territory	Territory	Australia(b)
	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000
Components as at
7 August, 2001-
Census count,
actual location	6,371.7	4,645.0	3,655.1	1,467.3	1,851.3	456.7	210.7	311.9	18,972.4
Plus residents
absent interstate	67.8	79.1	30.7	24.0	15.8	9.9	3.9	9.8	241.0
Less interstate
visitors	52.4	30.2	94.3	12.9	19.5	4.1	18.5	9.0	241.0
Less overseas
visitors	60.6	32.9	69.5	8.3	19.2	1.8	7.9	2.8	203.1
Equals census
count, place of
usual residence	6,326.6	4,661.0	3,522.0	1,470.1	1,828.3	460.7	188.1	310.0	18,769.2
Plus allowance
for under-
enumeration(c)	130.2	67.3	68.5	24.3	37.6	7.4	7.5	3.3	346.2
Plus residents
temporarily
overseas	128.4	86.1	46.5	18.3	38.5	3.7	2.3	6.4	330.2
Equals ERP as at
7 August 2001	6,585.2	4,814.4	3,637.1	1,512.6	1,904.4	471.8	197.9	319.7	19,445.6
Components from
1 July to
7 August 2001-
Less births	8.6	6.2	4.9	1.8	2.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	25.4
Plus deaths	5.3	3.6	2.6	1.4	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	14.8
Less net inter-
state migration	-1.6	0.7	2.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	. .
Less net per-
manent and long-
term overseas
movement	8.2	6.4	3.7	0.7	2.4	0.1	-	0.3	21.8
Less category
jumping	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Equals ERP as at
30 June 2001	6,575.2	4,804.7	3,628.9	1,511.7	1,901.2	471.8	197.8	319.3	19,413.2
. . not applicable - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) (a) Data are revised since previous issue and are now final. (b) Includes Other Territories. (c) On a usual residence basis.