Births, Australia

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Statistics about births and fertility rates for Australia, states and territories, and sub-state regions

Reference period

2022

Released

18/10/2023

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Key statistics

There were 300,684 registered births in 2022, a decrease of 3% from 2021.
For all Australian women, the total fertility rate was 1.63 births per woman.
For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women, the total fertility rate was 2.35 births per woman.

Summary statistics
	2012	2021	2022(a)
Male births	158,988	158,917	154,281
Female births	150,594	151,079	146,403
Total births	309,582	309,996	300,684
Total Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander births	18,295	23,510	24,388
Sex ratio	105.6	105.2	105.4
Total fertility rate	1.93	1.70	1.63
Total fertility rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women(b)(c)	2.29	2.34	2.35
Crude birth rate	13.6	12.1	11.6
Net reproduction rate	0.93	0.82	0.79

All jurisdictions recorded a decrease in birth registrations in 2022. This follows higher birth registrations in 2021.
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.
Fertility rates for 2021 and 2022 calculated using 2016 Census-based population projections will be higher than those based on 2021 Census-based projections, which are not yet available. For details see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fertility rates in Methodology.

Total fertility rate is the number of registered births per woman.

Crude birth rate is the number of births per 1,000 estimated resident population.

Net reproduction rate is the average number of daughters surviving to reproductive age per woman.

Sex ratio is the number of male births per 100 female births.

All statistics are based on year of registration unless otherwise specified.

National

Occurrence of a birth and registration of a birth

Statistics published in Births, Australia are based on births registered in a calendar year (reference year) and reported to the ABS by Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages in each state and territory.

The number of births in all tables, except for one, are based on year of registration. These data are final and are not updated.

One table reports birth occurrences: 'Births, by month and year of occurrence, by state and territory', available in Data Explorer. Each annual release provides updates to the births occurrence data after receiving new data from state and territory registries. See National data - Occurrence data and yearly updates in Methodology.

Births registered

There were 300,684 births registered in 2022, a decrease of 3% (or 9,312 births) from 2021:

51.3% were males, resulting in a sex ratio at birth of 105.4 male births per 100 female births
60.0% were to parents in a registered marriage.

Births registered – 1934 to 2022(a)
Year	Births registered
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
2019	305,832
2020	294,369
2021	309,996
2022	300,684

Births registered – 1934 to 2022(a)

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Data for 2022 show a decrease of 9,312 births registrations. This follows higher birth registrations in 2021.

Median age of parents

Median age of parents – 1934 to 2022
Year	Median age of mother	Median age of father(a)
1934	27.9
1935	27.7
1936	27.7
1937	27.6
1938	27.6
1939	27.6
1940	27.6
1941	27.5
1942	27.7
1943	27.7
1944	28.2
1945	28.2
1946	27.9
1947	27.5
1948	27.5
1949	27.4
1950	27.4
1951	27.3
1952	27.3
1953	27.4
1954	27.4
1955	27.3
1956	27.3
1957	27.2
1958	27.2
1959	27
1960	26.8
1961	26.6
1962	26.5
1963	26.4
1964	26.3
1965	26.1
1966	25.9
1967	25.7
1968	25.6
1969	25.6
1970	25.6
1971	25.4
1972	25.5
1973	25.6
1974	25.7
1975	25.8	28.6
1976	25.9	28.7
1977	26.1	29
1978	26.3	29.2
1979	26.5	29.3
1980	26.6	29.5
1981	26.7	29.6
1982	26.8	29.7
1983	26.9	29.7
1984	27.1	29.9
1985	27.3	30.1
1986	27.5	30.2
1987	27.7	30.4
1988	27.9	30.6
1989	28.2	30.8
1990	28.3	30.9
1991	28.5	31
1992	28.7	31.2
1993	28.9	31.4
1994	29	31.6
1995	29.1	31.7
1996	29.2	31.9
1997	29.4	32
1998	29.5	32
1999	29.7	32.1
2000	29.8	32.2
2001	30	32.3
2002	30.2	32.5
2003	30.5	32.6
2004	30.6	32.8
2005	30.7	32.9
2006	30.8	33
2007	30.7	33
2008	30.7	33.1
2009	30.6	33
2010	30.6	33.1
2011	30.6	33
2012	30.7	33
2013	30.8	33
2014	30.9	33
2015	31	33.1
2016	31.2	33.3
2017	31.3	33.3
2018	31.4	33.5
2019	31.5	33.5
2020	31.6	33.6
2021	31.7	33.7
2022	31.9	33.7

Multiple births

Total fertility rate

The total fertility rate level required for replacement is currently considered to be around 2.1 babies per woman to replace herself and her partner in the absence of overseas migration.

Australia's total fertility rate:

was 1.63 babies per woman in 2022, lower than 2021 (1.70) and remaining lower than 2012 (1.93)
has been below replacement since 1976.

Total fertility rate – 1934 to 2022(a)
Year	Total fertility rate
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	1.75
2019	1.67
2020	1.59
2021	1.70
2022	1.63

Total fertility rate – 1934 to 2022(a)

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Data for 2022 show a decrease of 9,312 births registrations. This follows higher birth registrations in 2021.

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 114.9 babies per 1,000 women, higher than 108.6 babies in 2001.
Women aged 45-49 years had the lowest fertility rate (1.1 babies), followed by women aged 15-19 years (6.8 babies).
All age groups except 40-44 years and over showed a decrease in fertility rate from 2021.

Age-specific fertility rates – 1934 to 2022
Year	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49
1934	24.6	97.9	120.7	93.3	58.4	24.1	2.3
1935	24.6	99.6	123.2	94	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
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	1.9
1940	23.6	112.5	136.8	100.5	56.6	19.4	1.7
1941	24.3	121	143.5	104.9	57.8	19.6	1.7
1942	24	121.8	143.6	104.2	60	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	75	23.5	1.8
1948	34.2	163	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	173.5	186	124.6	68.8	21.8	1.6
1951	38.6	177.2	185.3	123.1	65	21	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	121.8	64.4	20.2	1.5
1955	41.8	205.4	199.6	122	64.4	20.4	1.4
1956	43	210.9	203	123.5	64.2	19.7	1.6
1957	44	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	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	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	190.5	198.1	119.1	58.4	16.5	1.2
1965	47.5	179.3	188.5	110.1	53	15	1.1
1966	48.9	173.1	183.9	105.1	50.6	14.2	1.1
1967	48.4	170.8	185	102.8	47.8	13.5	1.1
1968	48.9	173.6	190.8	103.3	46.7	12.9	1
1969	49	174.2	191.8	103.5	45.6	12.2	1
1970	50.9	172	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	38.9	10	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	6.1	0.4
1976	35.2	128.2	146.2	72.5	24.1	5.5	0.4
1977	32.1	122	145.7	74.1	23.9	5	0.3
1978	29.9	115.8	144	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	141	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	4.3	0.2
1984	23.2	94.3	140.4	81.2	25	4.3	0.3
1985	22.8	95.8	146	89	26.9	4.5	0.2
1986	21.8	90	141.9	88.7	27.2	4.3	0.2
1987	20.6	85	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	0.2
1990	22.1	79.4	137.9	101.7	34.7	5.5	0.2
1991	22.1	75	132	100.2	36	5.5	0.2
1992	22	75	132.5	104.6	38.4	6.2	0.3
1993	21	71.4	130	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	45	7.5	0.3
1998	19	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	105.6	112	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	129.7	69.6	13	0.7
2008	18.4	59.4	108.9	130.7	72	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	127.2	71.1	15.1	0.8
2011	16.1	53	103.1	124.9	70.3	15.2	0.9
2012	16.1	53.2	102.6	126.9	71.5	15.2	1
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
2015	12	47.3	93.4	121.7	69.8	14.6	1.1
2016	10.5	44.7	92.2	123.6	72	15.3	1.3
2017	10.3	43.1	89.7	119.1	71.3	15.4	1.2
2018	9.5	42.8	89.4	120.1	71.7	16	1.3
2019	8.8	40.2	84.4	115.7	69.3	15.5	1.3
2020	7.9	37.7	80.4	111.5	66.3	15.1	1.2
2021	7.1	38.8	86.8	120.7	70.9	15.6	0.8
2022	6.8	36.7	83	114.9	69.3	15.8	1.1

Age-specific fertility rates – 1934 to 2022

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

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States and territories

Counts of births in 2022 in Tasmania were affected by a change in the way birth registrations were assigned to the reference year. This change resulted in a lower number of birth registrations than recorded in previous years, which has introduced a break in time series for birth statistics in Tasmania.

For further details of this change and its impacts see State and territory data - Tasmania in Methodology.

Births registered

All states and territories recorded a decrease in birth registrations in 2022. This follows higher birth registrations in 2021. The largest proportional decreases in registered births in each state and territory were:

Tasmania (529 births or -8.8%)
Western Australia (2,591 births or -7.6%)
Northern Territory (159 or -4.3%).

Births registered by state or territory of registration
	2021	2022	2021-22(no.)	2021-22(%)
New South Wales	99,300	95,758	-3,542	-3.6
Victoria	76,414	76,187	-227	-0.3
Queensland	64,261	62,313	-1,948	-3.0
South Australia	19,783	19,502	-281	-1.4
Western Australia	34,065	31,474	-2,591	-7.6
Tasmania(a)	6,027	5,498	-529	-8.8
Northern Territory	3,736	3,577	-159	-4.3
Australian Capital Territory	6,410	6,375	-35	-0.5
Australia	309,996	300,684	-9,312	-3.0

Birth registrations in Tasmania in 2022 were affected by a change in the way births were assigned to the reference year. This change resulted in a lower number of birth registrations than recorded in previous years. For details see State and territory data - Tasmania in Methodology.

Median age of parents

Multiple births

Multiple births by state or territory of usual residence(a) - 2022
	Single	Twin	Triplet and higher order	Total multiple births	Total confinements(b)
New South Wales	95,223	1,334	10	1,344	96,567
Victoria	73,043	1,051	24	1,075	74,118
Queensland	60,288	907	8	915	61,203
South Australia	18,924	263	4	265	19,189
Western Australia	30,512	471	5	476	30,988
Tasmania	5,365	70	0	70	5,435
Northern Territory	3,499	57	3	58	3,557
Australian Capital Territory	5,295	81	4	82	5,377
Australia(c)	292,180	4,235	51	4,286	296,466

Total fertility rate by state or territory of usual residence

The Northern Territory recorded the highest total fertility rate (1.73 babies per woman), followed by New South Wales and Queensland (each 1.71 babies per woman).
The Australian Capital Territory had the lowest total fertility rate (1.41 babies per woman).

Total fertility rate by state or territory of usual residence
	2012	2021	2022
NSW	1.93	1.77	1.71
Vic.	1.88	1.53	1.51
Qld	2.00	1.79	1.71
SA	1.90	1.66	1.62
WA	1.92	1.76	1.62
Tas.(a)	2.03	1.64	1.49
NT	2.16	1.83	1.73
ACT	1.78	1.45	1.41
Aust.(b)	1.93	1.70	1.63

Total fertility rate by state or territory of usual residence

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Birth registrations in Tasmania in 2022 were affected by a change in the way births were assigned to the reference year. This change resulted in a lower number of births than recorded in previous years. For details see State and territory data - Tasmania in Methodology.
Includes Other Territories.

Total fertility rate by state or territory of usual residence - 2022

This map presents total fertility rates by state or territory for Australia 2022.

Net reproduction rate

Net reproduction rate by state or territory of usual residence
	2021	2022
NSW	0.85	0.82
Vic	0.74	0.73
Qld	0.87	0.82
SA	0.81	0.77
WA	0.85	0.78
Tas(a)	0.79	0.73
NT	0.88	0.83
ACT	0.69	0.68
Aust.(b)	0.82	0.79

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Births registered

There were 24,388 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander births registered, an increase of 878 babies from 2021. This represents 8.1% of all births registered in 2022.

New South Wales and Queensland recorded the highest number of births (8,593 and 7,485).
The Australian Capital Territory recorded the lowest number of births (323).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander births, by state or territory of registration
	2012	2021	2022
New South Wales	5,353	7,840	8,593
Victoria	1,438	1,862	2,045
Queensland	5,648	7,393	7,485
South Australia	868	1,143	1,156
Western Australia	2,652	2,895	2,782
Tasmania(a)	536	687	677
Northern Territory	1,588	1,365	1,327
Australian Capital Territory	212	325	323
Australia	18,295	23,510	24,388

a. Birth registrations in Tasmania in 2022 were affected by a change in the way births were assigned to the reference year. This change resulted in a lower number of birth registrations than recorded in previous years. For details see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander birth registrations - Tasmania in Methodology.

Median age of parents

Total fertility rate

Based on 2016-based population projections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the total fertility rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women was:

2.35 babies per woman
higher than for all Australian women (1.63).

These rates will be higher than those based on 2021-based projections which are not yet available. See Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fertility rates in Methodology.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander total fertility rate
State and territory of usual residence	2012	2021(a)	2022(a)
New South Wales	1.99	2.33	2.52
Victoria	1.98	2.03	2.1
Queensland	2.62	2.67	2.55
South Australia	2.16	2.17	2.06
Western Australia	2.71	2.44	2.31
Tasmania(b)	1.8	1.9	1.71
Northern Territory	2.4	1.9	1.86
Australia	2.29	2.34	2.35

Fertility rates for 2021 and 2022 calculated using 2016 Census-based population projections will be higher than those based on 2021 Census-based projections which are not yet available. For details see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fertility rates in Methodology.
Birth registrations in Tasmania in 2022 were affected by a change in the way births were assigned to the reference year. This change resulted in a lower number of birth registrations than recorded in previous years. For details see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander birth registrations - Tasmania in Methodology.

Age-specific fertility rate

Based on 2016-based population projections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the fertility rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women:

aged 15-19 years was almost six times the teenage fertility rate for all women (39.3 compared with 6.8 births per 1,000 women)
aged 20-24 years was over three times the fertility rate for all women of the same age (121.3 compared with 36.7 birth per 1,000 women).

Conversely, the fertility rate for all women aged 35 to 39 years was almost 1.5 times the fertility rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of the same age (69.3 and 53.3).

Age-specific fertility rates - 2022
Age group (years)	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women(a)	All women
15-19	39.3	6.8
20-24	121.3	36.7
25-29	133.4	83
30-34	107.8	114.9
35-39	53.3	69.3
40-44	13.4	15.8
45-49	0.7	1.1

Age-specific fertility rates - 2022

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Age-specific fertility rates for 2021 and 2022 calculated using 2016 Census-based population projections will be higher than those based on 2021 Census-based projections, which are not yet available. For details see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fertility rates in Methodology.

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Multiple births

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Total fertility rate

Age-specific fertility rate

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