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Change in estimated resident population, by age group and sex, Australia, selected periods to 30 June
Average annual population growth rate, by age group and sex, Australia, selected periods to 30 June
Median age, by sex–at 30 June
Mean age, by sex–at 30 June
Sex ratio–at 30 June
Age distribution, by sex, preliminary–30 June 2022
Estimated resident population, by age and sex–at 30 June 2021
Estimated resident population, by age and sex–at 30 June 2022
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Table 1 Change in estimated resident population, by age group and sex, Australia, selected periods to 30 June
Males Females
Age group (years) 2001–2006 2006–2011 2011–2016 2021–2022 2001–2006 2006–2011
0–4 11,403 84,071 59,366 376 9,450 79,505
5–9 -10,197 33,304 92,014 -1,979 -8,018 30,022
10–14 21,989 1,158 23,905 6,661 17,527 3,166
15–19 30,462 31,983 8,976 28,583 22,234 28,794
20–24 81,874 87,052 41,504 7,262 76,432 76,176
25–29 1,913 144,873 66,651 3,643 -14,133 131,709
30–34 11,467 35,293 122,850 5,606 5,076 26,724
35–39 13,075 32,252 19,664 11,663 12,721 32,830
40–44 23,043 33,783 20,892 25,512 23,236 37,017
45–49 60,685 32,555 21,521 -14,711 66,802 31,550
50–54 22,032 69,465 23,161 19,458 33,818 76,763
55–59 119,474 33,175 61,669 -8,801 136,539 44,826
60–64 79,724 120,291 26,388 13,900 82,643 126,874
65–69 48,714 92,218 114,857 9,047 46,509 88,921
70–74 -1,158 56,953 79,545 -4,351 -8,773 46,586
75–79 24,174 8,416 49,744 31,557 6,659 3,244
80–84 37,025 26,164 11,930 10,859 36,594 16,430
85 and over 21,899 35,804 40,168 8,510 33,351 49,111
All ages 597,598 958,810 884,805 152,795 578,667 930,248
Persons
2011–2016 2021–2022 2001–2006 2006–2011 2011–2016 2021–2022
56,146 798 20,853 163,576 115,512 1,174
87,633 -2,395 -18,215 63,326 179,647 -4,374
19,920 8,290 39,516 4,324 43,825 14,951
12,719 25,297 52,696 60,777 21,695 53,880
40,907 4,318 158,306 163,228 82,411 11,580
89,475 -3,013 -12,220 276,582 156,126 630
135,074 7,981 16,543 62,017 257,924 13,587
13,888 14,763 25,796 65,082 33,552 26,426
18,640 24,279 46,279 70,800 39,532 49,791
41,572 -13,774 127,487 64,105 63,093 -28,485
31,252 22,020 55,850 146,228 54,413 41,478
78,253 -8,973 256,013 78,001 139,922 -17,774
52,503 11,835 162,367 247,165 78,891 25,735
123,956 11,962 95,223 181,139 238,813 21,009
82,980 774 -9,931 103,539 162,525 -3,577
43,115 35,171 30,833 11,660 92,859 66,728
-859 9,706 73,619 42,594 11,071 20,565
38,904 6,231 55,250 84,915 79,072 14,741
966,078 155,270 1,176,265 1,889,058 1,850,883 308,065
Australian Bureau of Statistics
31010do002_202209 National, state and territory population, Sep 2022
Released at 11:30 am (Canberra time) Thu 16 Mar 2023
Table 2 Average annual population growth rate, by age group and sex, Australia, selected periods to 30 June
Males Females
Age group (years) 2001–2006 2006–2011 2011–2016 2021–2022 2001–2006 2006–2011
0–4 0.35 2.41 1.54 0.05 0.30 2.41
5–9 -0.30 0.96 2.46 -0.24 -0.25 0.91
10–14 0.63 0.03 0.66 0.80 0.53 0.09
15–19 0.88 0.88 0.24 3.75 0.67 0.84
20–24 2.39 2.26 0.99 0.87 2.30 2.05
25–29 0.06 3.85 1.54 0.40 -0.41 3.58
30–34 0.32 0.94 3.01 0.60 0.14 0.71
35–39 0.35 0.85 0.50 1.26 0.34 0.85
40–44 0.62 0.88 0.53 3.13 0.62 0.95
45–49 1.75 0.87 0.56 -1.80 1.89 0.83
50–54 0.67 1.99 0.62 2.45 1.03 2.17
55–59 4.30 1.03 1.80 -1.15 5.02 1.39
60–64 3.61 4.48 0.85 1.95 3.78 4.73
65–69 2.77 4.42 4.43 1.47 2.56 4.18
70–74 -0.08 3.53 4.10 -0.78 -0.53 2.72
75–79 2.05 0.66 3.58 8.14 0.46 0.22
80–84 5.24 3.00 1.22 4.34 3.41 1.35
85 and over 4.88 6.13 5.21 4.08 3.42 4.19
All ages 1.22 1.82 1.54 1.20 1.16 1.75
Persons
2011–2016 2021–2022 2001–2006 2006–2011 2011–2016 2021–2022
1.53 0.11 0.33 2.41 1.54 0.08
2.47 -0.31 -0.27 0.94 2.46 -0.27
0.58 1.05 0.58 0.06 0.62 0.92
0.36 3.53 0.77 0.86 0.30 3.64
1.02 0.55 2.34 2.16 1.00 0.71
2.10 -0.33 -0.18 3.72 1.82 0.03
3.30 0.83 0.23 0.83 3.15 0.72
0.35 1.57 0.35 0.85 0.42 1.42
0.46 2.90 0.62 0.92 0.49 3.01
1.05 -1.65 1.82 0.85 0.81 -1.73
0.82 2.69 0.85 2.08 0.72 2.57
2.22 -1.14 4.66 1.21 2.01 -1.15
1.65 1.57 3.69 4.61 1.26 1.76
4.70 1.81 2.66 4.30 4.57 1.64
4.13 0.13 -0.32 3.12 4.11 -0.31
2.72 8.39 1.17 0.42 3.12 8.27
-0.07 3.29 4.14 2.04 0.49 3.77
2.78 1.91 3.88 4.84 3.64 2.76
1.67 1.20 1.19 1.78 1.60 1.20
Australian Bureau of Statistics
31010do002_202209 National, state and territory population, Sep 2022
Released at 11:30 am (Canberra time) Thu 16 Mar 2023
New South
Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania
MALES
2003 35.56 35.39 34.92 37.09 34.93 37.18
2004 35.72 35.57 35.14 37.30 35.22 37.46
2005 35.88 35.78 35.31 37.51 35.46 37.72
2006 36.00 35.94 35.48 37.70 35.65 37.99
2007 36.17 36.02 35.58 37.85 35.74 38.35
2008 36.26 36.02 35.61 37.97 35.69 38.62
2009 36.32 35.94 35.57 38.06 35.53 38.85
2010 36.53 36.05 35.70 38.19 35.56 39.19
2011 36.78 36.24 35.89 38.41 35.53 39.58
2012 36.83 36.25 35.90 38.48 35.31 39.95
2013 36.84 36.21 35.92 38.54 35.18 40.23
2014 36.82 36.15 35.99 38.61 35.31 40.53
2015 36.76 36.08 36.12 38.68 35.45 40.78
2016 36.67 35.96 36.26 38.75 35.65 40.94
2017 36.66 35.94 36.38 38.84 35.96 40.71
2018 36.72 35.94 36.57 38.89 36.31 40.40
2019 36.81 36.01 36.78 38.93 36.61 40.16
2020 37.22 36.40 37.14 39.13 37.00 40.02
2021 37.70 37.01 37.62 39.48 37.45 40.32
2022 37.76 37.13 37.76 39.58 37.71 40.51
FEMALES
2003 37.07 37.04 36.13 39.25 36.22 38.84
2004 37.27 37.24 36.34 39.55 36.52 39.19
2005 37.45 37.44 36.52 39.78 36.78 39.49
2006 37.59 37.60 36.67 39.95 36.94 39.77
2007 37.74 37.73 36.76 40.02 36.95 40.03
2008 37.85 37.80 36.82 40.09 36.93 40.24
2009 37.98 37.86 36.87 40.13 36.88 40.45
2010 38.20 38.00 37.03 40.22 36.96 40.73
2011 38.48 38.17 37.22 40.44 36.96 41.13
2012 38.60 38.20 37.28 40.61 36.77 41.60
2013 38.65 38.18 37.37 40.79 36.60 42.03
2014 38.65 38.11 37.51 40.87 36.62 42.44
2015 38.59 38.00 37.66 40.90 36.74 42.86
2016 38.49 37.82 37.78 40.95 36.92 43.16
2017 38.44 37.74 37.91 41.04 37.20 43.04
2018 38.48 37.73 38.06 41.13 37.52 42.85
2019 38.60 37.82 38.27 41.18 37.82 42.56
2020 39.03 38.26 38.64 41.41 38.21 42.50
2021 39.48 38.83 39.14 41.74 38.63 42.80
2022 39.58 38.93 39.32 41.80 38.91 42.98
PERSONS
2003 36.32 36.22 35.53 38.19 35.57 38.06
2004 36.49 36.40 35.74 38.44 35.86 38.36
2005 36.67 36.61 35.92 38.65 36.11 38.63
2006 36.80 36.78 36.06 38.81 36.28 38.90
2007 36.94 36.87 36.18 38.92 36.34 39.18
2008 37.06 36.94 36.23 39.02 36.30 39.43
2009 37.17 36.93 36.23 39.08 36.21 39.66
2010 37.38 37.05 36.37 39.22 36.26 39.96
2011 37.64 37.22 36.56 39.45 36.24 40.38
2012 37.73 37.24 36.6 39.58 36.03 40.81
2013 37.75 37.2 36.65 39.69 35.87 41.18
2014 37.74 37.13 36.76 39.74 35.95 41.54
2015 37.68 37.03 36.9 39.79 36.08 41.87
2016 37.58 36.88 37.02 39.85 36.27 42.1
2017 37.54 36.83 37.15 39.95 36.57 41.92
2018 37.58 36.83 37.32 40.01 36.9 41.66
2019 37.7 36.91 37.53 40.05 37.2 41.38
2020 38.11 37.33 37.89 40.26 37.6 41.29
2021 38.58 37.92 38.39 40.61 38.03 41.59
2022 38.67 38.02 38.56 40.68 38.3 41.75
Australian Capital
Northern Territory Territory Australia
New South
Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania
MALE
2003 36.51 36.49 35.92 37.63 35.75 37.22
2004 36.68 36.65 36.10 37.83 35.98 37.47
2005 36.85 36.82 36.25 38.02 36.19 37.71
2006 36.98 36.96 36.38 38.18 36.33 37.92
2007 37.11 37.04 36.44 38.31 36.40 38.17
2008 37.21 37.10 36.47 38.42 36.41 38.37
2009 37.32 37.15 36.50 38.51 36.42 38.56
2010 37.51 37.29 36.64 38.63 36.54 38.81
2011 37.73 37.48 36.84 38.83 36.65 39.11
2012 37.84 37.56 36.93 38.95 36.65 39.40
2013 37.94 37.63 37.05 39.07 36.68 39.65
2014 38.03 37.69 37.21 39.21 36.83 39.92
2015 38.11 37.74 37.40 39.34 36.98 40.17
2016 38.17 37.75 37.58 39.49 37.15 40.35
2017 38.25 37.80 37.75 39.66 37.37 40.47
2018 38.36 37.87 37.94 39.83 37.61 40.59
2019 38.49 37.97 38.15 39.99 37.84 40.72
2020 38.78 38.26 38.43 40.23 38.14 40.91
2021 39.08 38.62 38.78 40.52 38.45 41.21
2022 39.16 38.74 38.92 40.65 38.65 41.44
FEMALE
2003 38.24 38.31 37.20 39.78 37.12 39.03
2004 38.41 38.47 37.37 39.98 37.37 39.28
2005 38.58 38.63 37.52 40.16 37.58 39.53
2006 38.70 38.76 37.64 40.30 37.70 39.74
2007 38.84 38.86 37.70 40.39 37.74 39.93
2008 38.94 38.91 37.72 40.47 37.72 40.09
2009 39.03 38.95 37.76 40.53 37.72 40.23
2010 39.18 39.06 37.89 40.63 37.83 40.44
2011 39.37 39.21 38.06 40.77 37.92 40.72
2012 39.47 39.27 38.15 40.86 37.90 41.02
2013 39.56 39.31 38.28 40.98 37.92 41.27
2014 39.64 39.35 38.46 41.08 38.03 41.54
2015 39.70 39.39 38.64 41.17 38.19 41.83
2016 39.74 39.38 38.82 41.28 38.38 42.07
2017 39.82 39.44 39.01 41.46 38.61 42.15
2018 39.94 39.52 39.21 41.64 38.86 42.24
2019 40.09 39.65 39.43 41.81 39.11 42.33
2020 40.40 39.96 39.74 42.06 39.42 42.52
2021 40.69 40.32 40.10 42.34 39.72 42.83
2022 40.79 40.42 40.26 42.48 39.93 43.06
PERSONS
2003 37.38 37.41 36.56 38.72 36.43 38.14
2004 37.55 37.57 36.74 38.92 36.67 38.39
2005 37.72 37.74 36.88 39.10 36.88 38.63
2006 37.85 37.87 37.01 39.25 37.01 38.85
2007 37.98 37.96 37.07 39.36 37.06 39.06
2008 38.08 38.01 37.10 39.46 37.06 39.24
2009 38.18 38.06 37.13 39.53 37.06 39.40
2010 38.35 38.19 37.27 39.64 37.18 39.63
2011 38.56 38.35 37.45 39.81 37.28 39.92
2012 38.66 38.42 37.55 39.92 37.27 40.21
2013 38.75 38.48 37.67 40.04 37.29 40.46
2014 38.85 38.53 37.83 40.15 37.42 40.73
2015 38.91 38.57 38.03 40.27 37.58 41.01
2016 38.96 38.57 38.21 40.40 37.76 41.22
2017 39.04 38.63 38.39 40.57 37.99 41.32
2018 39.15 38.70 38.58 40.75 38.23 41.42
2019 39.29 38.82 38.80 40.91 38.47 41.53
2020 39.59 39.12 39.09 41.16 38.78 41.72
2021 39.89 39.48 39.45 41.44 39.08 42.02
2022 39.98 39.59 39.60 41.58 39.29 42.26
Australian Capital
Northern Territory Territory Australia
New South
Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania
2003 98.4 97.3 99.3 97.6 100.7 97.3
2004 98.3 97.5 99.4 97.6 101.1 97.2
2005 98.2 97.6 99.5 97.6 101.4 97.2
2006 98.1 97.8 99.6 97.5 101.8 97.2
2007 98.3 98.0 99.7 97.5 101.7 97.6
2008 98.5 98.2 99.8 97.6 101.7 98.1
2009 98.7 98.3 99.8 97.8 101.7 98.5
2010 98.7 98.2 99.7 98.0 101.5 98.9
2011 98.7 98 99.6 98.1 101.4 99.3
2012 98.6 98 99.5 98.1 101.8 99.2
2013 98.5 97.9 99.4 98.2 101.8 98.9
2014 98.4 97.8 99.1 98 101.3 98.6
2015 98.4 97.8 98.8 97.9 101 98.3
2016 98.3 97.7 98.4 97.8 100.6 98.1
2017 98.4 97.8 98.4 97.8 100.5 98.1
2018 98.6 97.9 98.3 97.8 100.3 98.2
2019 98.8 97.9 98.2 97.8 100.3 98.3
2020 98.8 97.9 98.2 97.7 100.2 98.3
2021 98.8 97.8 98.3 97.8 100.2 98.4
2022 98.9 97.8 98.3 97.7 100.3 98.4
Australian Capital
Northern Territory Territory Australia
109.3 97.5 98.5
108.6 97.6 98.6
108.0 97.8 98.6
107.9 97.9 98.7
108.2 98.1 98.9
109.2 98.3 99.0
109.9 98.8 99.2
110.3 98.9 99.1
110.6 98.9 99.1
109.9 98.8 99.1
110.4 98.7 99
109.7 98.5 98.8
109.5 98.3 98.7
108.2 98.3 98.5
107.8 98.2 98.5
106.9 98 98.5
105.8 98 98.6
104.2 97.6 98.5
103.7 97.5 98.5
103.3 97.4 98.5
Australian Bureau of Statistics
31010do002_202209 National, state and territory population, Sep 2022
Released at 11:30 am (Canberra time) Thu 16 Mar 2023
New South
Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia
Age group (years) % % % % %
MALES
0-4 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.6 6.2
5-9 6.4 6.4 6.6 6.0 6.7
10-14 6.5 6.3 6.9 6.2 6.7
15-19 6.1 6.0 6.4 5.9 6.1
20-24 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.1
25-29 7.0 7.6 6.8 6.9 6.7
30-34 7.3 7.7 6.9 6.8 7.3
35-39 7.2 7.6 6.9 6.8 7.6
40-44 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.8
45-49 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.0 6.4
50-54 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.4 6.6
55-59 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.2 6.0
60-64 5.7 5.4 5.7 6.2 5.5
65-69 4.9 4.7 4.9 5.5 4.7
70-74 4.3 4.0 4.4 4.9 4.1
75-79 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.8 3.0
80-84 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.3 1.9
85 and over 1.8 1.7 1.5 2.1 1.5
All ages 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
FEMALES
0-4 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.9
5-9 5.9 5.9 6.1 5.6 6.3
10-14 6.1 5.8 6.4 5.8 6.3
15-19 5.6 5.5 6.0 5.5 5.8
20-24 6.0 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.7
25-29 6.8 7.2 6.7 6.4 6.5
30-34 7.3 7.8 7.0 6.7 7.4
35-39 7.2 7.6 7.0 6.7 7.6
40-44 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.1 6.8
45-49 6.2 6.2 6.4 5.9 6.3
50-54 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.5
55-59 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.0
60-64 5.9 5.6 5.9 6.4 5.7
65-69 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.8 5.0
70-74 4.6 4.4 4.5 5.3 4.3
75-79 3.6 3.4 3.5 4.1 3.2
80-84 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.8 2.2
85 and over 2.7 2.6 2.2 3.2 2.3
All ages 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
PERSONS
0-4 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.4 6.1
5-9 6.2 6.2 6.3 5.8 6.5
10-14 6.3 6.1 6.7 6.0 6.5
15-19 5.9 5.8 6.2 5.7 5.9
20-24 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.2 5.9
25-29 6.9 7.4 6.8 6.7 6.6
30-34 7.3 7.8 7.0 6.7 7.4
35-39 7.2 7.6 7.0 6.8 7.6
40-44 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.1 6.8
45-49 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.0 6.4
50-54 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.6
55-59 5.9 5.7 6.0 6.2 6.0
60-64 5.8 5.5 5.8 6.3 5.6
65-69 5.1 4.8 5.0 5.6 4.9
70-74 4.4 4.2 4.5 5.1 4.2
75-79 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.9 3.1
80-84 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.0
85 and over 2.3 2.2 1.9 2.6 1.9
All ages 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Australian Capital
Tasmania Northern Territory Territory Australia
% % % %
New South
Age (years) Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania
MALES
0 49,047 39,161 30,221 10,002 17,203 3,026
1 48,331 38,673 30,376 9,638 17,046 2,976
2 49,519 39,288 31,222 9,868 17,614 3,060
3 49,211 40,027 31,403 10,131 17,844 3,033
4 50,221 40,787 32,382 10,241 18,345 3,110
Australian Capital
Northern Territory Territory Australia
30 185 13,212
4 11 1,081
45 414 31,463
4 51 4,219
75 599 44,675
8 62 5,300
249,200 453,558 25,688,079
Australian Bureau of Statistics
31010do002_202209 National, state and territory population, Sep 2022
Released at 11:30 am (Canberra time) Thu 16 Mar 2023
New South
Age (years) Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania
MALES
0 51,244 38,447 32,738 10,008 16,819 2,989
1 48,720 39,196 30,695 10,072 17,295 3,029
2 48,208 38,753 30,899 9,787 17,227 3,006
3 49,589 39,442 31,888 9,979 17,825 3,082
4 49,193 40,210 32,089 10,264 18,009 3,088
Australian Capital
Northern Territory Territory Australia
30 189 14,437
8 15 1,357
50 412 32,356
8 56 4,823
80 601 46,793
16 71 6,180