1304.6 - Tasmanian Key Indicators, Feb 2007  
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Image: PopulationPOPULATION
Source
Tas. value
Aust. value
Jun Qtr 2006
Estimated resident population
p488,948
p20,605,488
Net interstate migration
-186
..
Net overseas migration
p-13
p17,824
Population growth rate (%)
0.05
0.26
At 30 Jun 2006
Population aged 0-14 years (%)
p19.7
p19.3
Population aged 15-64 years (%)
p65.6
p67.4
Population aged 65 and over (%)
p14.7
p13.3
Population aged 85 years and over (%)
p1.8
p1.6
Median age of population (years)
p39.0
p36.9
2005
Life expectancy at birth - males (years)
77.2
78.5
Life expectancy at birth - females (years)
82.1
83.3
Fertility rate (children per female)
2.1
1.8
At 30 Jun 2001
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population as proportion of total population (%)
3.7(a)
2.4(a)
Population born overseas (%)
10.8
23.1
p preliminary figure or series subject to revision
.. not applicable
(a) Figure based on experimental estimates and projections.

More Detailed Source Information
Australian Demographic Statistics (cat. no. 3101.0)
Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories (cat. no. 3201.0)
Deaths, Australia (cat. no. 3302.0)
Births, Australia (cat. no. 3301.0)
Experimental Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 1991 to 2009 (cat. no. 3238.0)
Migration, Australia (cat. no. 3412.0)