Births, Australia, 2018

Summary statistics
			2008	2017	2018
Births
	Males	no.	155,204	159,221	162,088
	Females	no.	147,068	149,921	153,059
	Persons	no.	302,272	309,142	315,147
	Sex ratio	ratio	105.5	106.2	105.9
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Persons(a)	no.	16,090	20,400	21,928
Fertility
	Total fertility rate(b)	rate	2.023	1.741	1.740
	Total fertility rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women(a)(b)(c)	rate	2.368	2.257	2.371
	Crude birth rate(d)	rate	14.2	12.6	12.6

Care should be taken when interpreting data, due to changes over time in the completeness and coverage of responses by the parent(s) to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander question on the birth registration form.
Births per 1,000 females.
Fertility rates for 2017 and 2018 are calculated using 2016 Census-based population projections.
Births per 1,000 estimated resident population.

National

Births registered

There were 315,147 births, increasing by 1.9% (or 6,005 births) from 2017.
51.4% were males, resulting in a sex ratio at birth of 105.9 male births per 100 female births.
64.7% were to parents in a registered marriage.

Births registered, 1901 to 2018
Year	Births registered
1901	102,945
1902	102,776
1903	98,443
1904	104,113
1905	104,941
1906	107,890
1907	110,347
1908	111,545
1909	114,071
1910	116,801
1911	122,193
1912	133,088
1913	135,714
1914	137,983
1915	134,871
1916	131,426
1917	129,965
1918	125,739
1919	122,290
1920	136,406
1921	136,198
1922	137,496
1923	135,222
1924	134,927
1925	135,792
1926	133,162
1927	133,698
1928	134,078
1929	129,480
1930	128,399
1931	118,509
1932	110,933
1933	111,269
1934	109,475
1935	111,325
1936	116,073
1937	119,131
1938	120,415
1939	122,891
1940	126,347
1941	134,525
1942	136,708
1943	149,295
1944	153,344
1945	160,560
1946	176,379
1947	182,384
1948	177,976
1949	181,261
1950	190,591
1951	193,298
1952	201,650
1953	202,235
1954	202,256
1955	207,677
1956	212,133
1957	220,358
1958	222,504
1959	226,976
1960	230,326
1961	239,986
1962	237,081
1963	235,689
1964	229,149
1965	222,854
1966	223,731
1967	229,296
1968	240,906
1969	250,175
1970	257,516
1971	276,361
1972	264,969
1973	247,670
1974	245,177
1975	233,012
1976	227,810
1977	226,291
1978	224,181
1979	223,129
1980	225,527
1981	235,842
1982	239,903
1983	242,570
1984	234,034
1985	247,348
1986	243,408
1987	243,959
1988	246,193
1989	250,853
1990	262,648
1991	257,247
1992	264,151
1993	260,229
1994	258,051
1995	256,190
1996	253,834
1997	251,842
1998	249,616
1999	248,870
2000	249,636
2001	246,394
2002	250,988
2003	251,161
2004	254,246
2005	264,493
2006	270,849
2007	292,152
2008	302,272
2009	301,253
2010	303,318
2011	301,617
2012	309,582
2013	308,065
2014	299,697
2015	305,377
2016	311,104
2017	309,142
2018	315,147

Births registered, 1901 to 2018

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Median age of parents

Median age of parents, 1932 to 2018
Year	Median age of mother	Median age of father (a)
1932	28.04	-
1933	27.98	-
1934	27.87	-
1935	27.73	-
1936	27.67	-
1937	27.55	-
1938	27.57	-
1939	27.55	-
1940	27.62	-
1941	27.53	-
1942	27.65	-
1943	27.72	-
1944	28.18	-
1945	28.18	-
1946	27.90	-
1947	27.50	-
1948	27.46	-
1949	27.38	-
1950	27.38	-
1951	27.33	-
1952	27.33	-
1953	27.37	-
1954	27.38	-
1955	27.32	-
1956	27.29	-
1957	27.24	-
1958	27.19	-
1959	26.98	-
1960	26.81	-
1961	26.62	-
1962	26.53	-
1963	26.40	-
1964	26.32	-
1965	26.08	-
1966	25.89	-
1967	25.74	-
1968	25.62	-
1969	25.57	-
1970	25.55	-
1971	25.44	-
1972	25.49	-
1973	25.56	-
1974	25.66	-
1975	25.76	28.55
1976	25.91	28.72
1977	26.13	28.98
1978	26.28	29.16
1979	26.46	29.34
1980	26.56	29.45
1981	26.66	29.55
1982	26.80	29.67
1983	26.87	29.74
1984	27.12	29.92
1985	27.33	30.08
1986	27.49	30.24
1987	27.73	30.43
1988	27.94	30.59
1989	28.16	30.76
1990	28.33	30.86
1991	28.47	30.98
1992	28.68	31.19
1993	28.86	31.37
1994	28.98	31.56
1995	29.13	31.74
1996	29.23	31.86
1997	29.37	31.98
1998	29.49	32.02
1999	29.66	32.10
2000	29.84	32.23
2001	30.00	32.30
2002	30.24	32.45
2003	30.45	32.64
2004	30.60	32.81
2005	30.66	32.91
2006	30.75	33.03
2007	30.69	33.04
2008	30.67	33.07
2009	30.58	33.02
2010	30.64	33.06
2011	30.64	32.98
2012	30.66	32.97
2013	30.77	32.98
2014	30.87	33.03
2015	31.00	33.10
2016	31.20	33.30
2017	31.30	33.30
2018	31.40	33.50

Multiple births

Total fertility rate

The total fertility rate required for replacement is currently considered to be around 2.1 babies per woman to replace herself and her partner.

Australia's total fertility rate:

was 1.74 babies per woman in 2018, decreasing from 2.02 babies per woman since 2008
has been below replacement since 1976

Total fertility rate, 1932 to 2018
Year	Total fertility rate
1932	2.19
1933	2.17
1934	2.11
1935	2.12
1936	2.18
1937	2.21
1938	2.21
1939	2.22
1940	2.26
1941	2.36
1942	2.38
1943	2.57
1944	2.63
1945	2.74
1946	2.99
1947	3.08
1948	2.99
1949	2.99
1950	3.07
1951	3.06
1952	3.18
1953	3.19
1954	3.19
1955	3.28
1956	3.33
1957	3.42
1958	3.42
1959	3.44
1960	3.45
1961	3.55
1962	3.43
1963	3.34
1964	3.15
1965	2.97
1966	2.89
1967	2.85
1968	2.89
1969	2.89
1970	2.86
1971	2.95
1972	2.74
1973	2.49
1974	2.32
1975	2.15
1976	2.06
1977	2.01
1978	1.95
1979	1.91
1980	1.89
1981	1.94
1982	1.93
1983	1.92
1984	1.84
1985	1.92
1986	1.87
1987	1.85
1988	1.83
1989	1.84
1990	1.90
1991	1.85
1992	1.89
1993	1.86
1994	1.85
1995	1.83
1996	1.81
1997	1.79
1998	1.77
1999	1.77
2000	1.77
2001	1.74
2002	1.77
2003	1.77
2004	1.78
2005	1.85
2006	1.88
2007	1.99
2008	2.02
2009	1.97
2010	1.95
2011	1.92
2012	1.93
2013	1.88
2014	1.80
2015	1.80
2016	1.79
2017	1.74
2018	1.74

Total fertility rate, 1932 to 2018

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Age-specific fertility rate

In recent decades, the average age of mothers has been increasing.

Women aged 30-34 years had the highest fertility rate at 120 babies per 1,000 women, increasing from 107 babies in 1998.
Conversely, the teenage fertility rate declined. There were 9.5 babies per 1,000 women aged 15-19 years in 2018, down from 19 babies in 1998.

Age-specific fertility rates, 1932 to 2018
Year	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49
1932	25.9	101.0	122.2	96.3	63.2	25.8	2.9
1933	25.6	99.6	123.6	96.0	61.3	24.5	2.6
1934	24.6	97.9	120.7	93.3	58.4	24.1	2.3
1935	24.6	99.6	123.2	94.0	57.3	21.9	2.3
1936	24.9	103.5	127.5	95.5	60.3	21.6	2.2
1937	24.6	107.1	130.7	97.9	58.6	20.7	2.0
1938	23.8	108.4	130.9	99.2	56.3	20.2	2.1
1939	24.3	110.5	133.9	98.3	56.4	19.0	1.9
1940	23.6	112.5	136.8	100.5	56.6	19.4	1.7
1941	24.3	121.0	143.5	104.9	57.8	19.6	1.7
1942	24.0	121.8	143.6	104.2	60.0	19.6	1.7
1943	24.3	132.5	155.4	114.8	64.5	20.6	1.6
1944	22.9	126.7	157.3	122.5	72.9	22.1	1.6
1945	23.8	132.4	164.2	125.2	76.1	23.7	1.8
1946	26.1	151.1	183.2	131.7	78.3	24.6	2.1
1947	32.1	166.2	186.6	130.0	75.0	23.5	1.8
1948	34.2	163.0	179.8	124.6	71.2	22.5	1.7
1949	35.8	167.4	180.9	121.9	68.4	21.2	1.6
1950	37.0	173.5	186.0	124.6	68.8	21.8	1.6
1951	38.6	177.2	185.3	123.1	65.0	21.0	1.6
1952	39.3	189.7	192.7	126.1	66.1	20.5	1.7
1953	38.8	194.7	193.2	124.6	65.3	20.5	1.4
1954	39.2	197.1	194.0	121.8	64.4	20.2	1.5
1955	41.8	205.4	199.6	122.0	64.4	20.4	1.4
1956	43.0	210.9	203.0	123.5	64.2	19.7	1.6
1957	44.0	216.2	210.7	127.2	65.1	19.5	1.4
1958	44.6	215.9	212.9	126.4	64.3	18.5	1.5
1959	45.2	219.0	214.4	125.7	63.6	18.6	1.5
1960	44.3	220.1	216.3	127.5	62.3	18.4	1.3
1961	47.4	225.8	221.2	131.1	63.4	19.2	1.4
1962	44.7	216.0	216.7	127.7	61.4	18.4	1.2
1963	45.9	208.2	211.2	123.9	59.7	18.6	1.1
1964	47.0	190.5	198.1	119.1	58.4	16.5	1.2
1965	47.5	179.3	188.5	110.1	53.0	15.0	1.1
1966	48.9	173.1	183.9	105.1	50.6	14.2	1.1
1967	48.4	170.8	185.0	102.8	47.8	13.5	1.1
1968	48.9	173.6	190.8	103.3	46.7	12.9	1.0
1969	49.0	174.2	191.8	103.5	45.6	12.2	1.0
1970	50.9	172.0	189.6	101.8	44.9	11.7	0.8
1971	55.5	181.9	193.5	101.8	44.2	11.3	0.8
1972	54.5	168.7	181.7	94.0	38.9	10.0	0.8
1973	49.1	155.4	166.9	84.2	33.6	8.4	0.6
1974	44.2	145.4	159.3	78.5	29.1	7.2	0.4
1975	40.1	133.9	149.6	74.1	26.0	6.1	0.4
1976	35.2	128.2	146.2	72.5	24.1	5.5	0.4
1977	32.1	122.0	145.7	74.1	23.9	5.0	0.3
1978	29.9	115.8	144.0	73.4	23.5	4.5	0.2
1979	28.5	109.1	142.5	73.9	23.6	4.6	0.3
1980	27.6	107.0	141.0	75.1	23.7	4.4	0.3
1981	28.2	107.5	145.2	77.6	24.5	4.5	0.3
1982	27.4	103.9	144.9	80.6	25.6	4.5	0.3
1983	26.6	102.7	145.9	81.5	25.0	4.3	0.2
1984	23.2	94.3	140.4	81.2	25.0	4.3	0.3
1985	22.8	95.8	146.0	89.0	26.9	4.5	0.2
1986	21.8	90.0	141.9	88.7	27.2	4.3	0.2
1987	20.6	85.0	139.6	90.6	28.9	4.8	0.3
1988	20.3	81.5	136.9	93.3	30.5	4.6	0.2
1989	20.6	78.4	135.4	96.1	32.6	5.0	0.2
1990	22.1	79.4	137.9	101.7	34.7	5.5	0.2
1991	22.1	75.0	132.0	100.2	36.0	5.5	0.2
1992	22.0	75.0	132.5	104.6	38.4	6.2	0.3
1993	21.0	71.4	130.0	105.6	38.9	6.3	0.2
1994	20.7	69.9	126.2	105.3	41.2	6.7	0.3
1995	20.5	67.4	122.2	106.4	42.4	7.2	0.3
1996	20.2	65.6	117.8	106.1	43.9	7.5	0.3
1997	19.9	63.2	114.4	107.0	45.0	7.5	0.3
1998	19.0	61.8	112.1	107.5	45.7	8.1	0.3
1999	18.6	61.3	109.4	108.6	47.1	8.5	0.3
2000	17.8	59.7	108.8	110.2	48.9	8.8	0.4
2001	17.9	58.6	105.4	108.6	49.3	9.2	0.4
2002	17.4	57.0	105.6	112.0	52.5	9.8	0.4
2003	16.2	54.8	103.6	113.3	54.7	10.1	0.5
2004	16.2	53.4	103.1	115.1	57.7	10.6	0.5
2005	16.6	54.4	105.5	119.5	61.5	11.1	0.5
2006	16.3	54.1	104.7	123.1	64.7	11.6	0.6
2007	17.1	58.8	110.0	129.7	69.6	13.0	0.7
2008	18.4	59.4	108.9	130.7	72.0	14.5	0.7
2009	17.9	56.8	106.3	127.7	70.1	14.5	0.7
2010	16.7	55.3	104.0	127.2	71.1	15.1	0.8
2011	16.1	53.0	103.1	124.9	70.3	15.2	0.9
2012	16.1	53.2	102.6	126.9	71.5	15.2	1.0
2013	14.6	51.3	99.1	124.8	70.9	15.4	0.9
2014	12.9	47.4	94.8	120.4	69.2	14.4	1.0
2015	12.0	47.3	93.4	121.7	69.8	14.6	1.1
2016	10.5	44.7	92.2	123.6	72.0	15.3	1.3
2017	10.2	42.9	89.5	119.0	71.5	15.4	1.2
2018	9.5	42.6	89.0	119.7	71.9	16.0	1.3

Age-specific fertility rates, 1932 to 2018

["Year","15-19","20-24","25-29","30-34","35-39","40-44","45-49"]

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States and territories

Births registered

New South Wales had the largest increase in the number of births since 2017 (11,043 births or 11.7%).
Queensland recorded an increase of 649 births (or 1.1%) from 2017.
Victoria recorded the largest decrease in registered births (-3,756 births or -4.5%).

Births registered by state and territory
	2017	2018	2017-18 (no.)	2017-18 (%)
New South Wales(a)	94,420	105,463	11,043	11.7
Victoria(b)	83,431	79,675	-3,756	-4.5
Queensland	61,307	61,956	649	1.1
South Australia	19,087	19,154	67	0.4
Western Australia	34,461	33,211	-1,250	-3.6
Tasmania	5,562	5,525	-37	-0.7
Northern Territory	3,815	4,051	236	6.2
Australian Capital Territory	7,059	6,112	-947	-13.4
Australia	309,142	315,147	6,005	1.9

Some of the increases were due to a catch-up in registration processing lags.
Victorian Registry addressed their backlog of registrations in 2016 and 2017, as a result, birth registrations for 2016 and 2017 were higher than usual. Registrations for 2018 returned to normal and hence show a decrease when compared with the 2016 and 2017 registrations.

Median age of parents

Multiple births

Multiple births by state and territory(a)
	Single	Twins	Triplets and higher order	Total multiple births	Total confinements
New South Wales	104,147	1,573	19	1,592	105,739
Victoria	76,207	1,130	15	1,145	77,352
Queensland	60,239	829	15	844	61,083
South Australia	18,592	261	4	262	18,854
Western Australia	32,375	440	8	448	32,823
Tasmania	5,392	73	3	76	5,468
Northern Territory	3,951	49	3	50	4,001
Australian Capital Territory	5,213	80	4	81	5,294
Australia(b)	306,156	4,437	63	4,500	310,656

Total fertility rate

Northern Territory recorded the highest total fertility rate (2.03 babies per woman), followed by New South Wales (1.86 babies per woman).
Australian Capital Territory recorded the lowest total fertility rate (1.55 babies per woman).

Total fertility rate by state and territory
	2008	2017	2018
NSW	2.05	1.71	1.86
Vic.	1.88	1.72	1.60
Qld	2.14	1.77	1.76
SA	1.97	1.68	1.67
WA	2.10	1.83	1.76
Tas.	2.24	1.82	1.77
NT	2.23	1.91	2.03
ACT	1.74	1.83	1.55
Australia (a)	2.02	1.74	1.74

Total fertility rate by state and territory

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Includes Other Territories.

Net reproductive rate

Net reproductive rate by state and territory
	2017	2018
NSW	0.83	0.90
Vic.	0.83	0.77
Qld	0.84	0.85
SA	0.81	0.80
WA	0.88	0.85
Tas.	0.89	0.85
NT	0.92	0.97
ACT	0.88	0.76
Australia	0.84	0.84

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Births registered

There were 21,928 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander births registered, an increase of 7.5% (or 1,528 babies) from 2017. This represents 7.0% of all births registered in 2018.

New South Wales and Queensland recorded the highest number of births (7,339 and 6,405 respectively).
Australian Capital Territory recorded the lowest number of births (259).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander births, year of registration
	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
New South Wales(a)	5,475	5,353	5,801	4,931	5,911	5,577	5,905	7,339
Victoria	1,202	1,438	1,502	1,462	1,370	1,640	1,837	1,864
Queensland(b)	5,280	5,648	5,205	5,394	5,248	5,456	6,615	6,405
South Australia	919	868	940	925	949	952	1,016	1,068
Western Australia	2,486	2,652	2,734	2,795	2,985	2,750	2,773	2,704
Tasmania	486	536	526	545	515	585	612	578
Northern Territory	1,588	1,588	1,445	1,486	1,365	1,373	1,402	1,711
Australian Capital Territory	185	212	215	241	194	227	240	259
Australia	17,621	18,295	18,368	17,779	18,537	18,560	20,400	21,928