In 2023, about 7.1 percent of the population of the Australian state of Queensland was between 30 and 34 years old. In comparison, just 1.9 percent of the population was over the age of 85.

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Projections of the total population for Queensland statistical areas level 4 (SA4s), SA3s and SA2s, and local government areas.

Australia Population Change: Net Overseas Migration: Queensland data was reported at 14,650.000 Person in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 11,943.000 Person for Jun 2024. Australia Population Change: Net Overseas Migration: Queensland data is updated quarterly, averaging 4,857.500 Person from Jun 1981 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 174 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26,522.000 Person in Mar 2023 and a record low of -6,781.000 Person in Sep 2020. Australia Population Change: Net Overseas Migration: Queensland data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G003: Population Change.

Australia Population: Resident: Estimated: Queensland data was reported at 5,608,666.000 Person in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 5,583,833.000 Person for Jun 2024. Australia Population: Resident: Estimated: Queensland data is updated quarterly, averaging 3,712,015.000 Person from Jun 1981 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 174 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,608,666.000 Person in Sep 2024 and a record low of 2,345,208.000 Person in Jun 1981. Australia Population: Resident: Estimated: Queensland data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G002: Estimated Resident Population.

As of June 2023, there were approximately 8.33 million residents in the New South Wales region in Australia. In comparison, there were around 252 thousand residents in the Northern Territory region.

In June 2022, it was estimated that around 7.3 percent of Australians were aged between 25 and 29, and the same applied to people aged between 30 and 34. All in all, about 55 percent of Australia’s population was aged 35 years or older as of June 2022. At the same time, the age distribution of the country also shows that the share of children under 14 years old was still higher than that of people over 65 years old. A breakdown of Australia’s population growth Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world, yet with a population of around 26 million inhabitants, it is only sparsely populated. Since the 1970s, the population growth of Australia has remained fairly constant. While there was a slight rise in the Australian death rate in 2022, the birth rate of the country decreased after a slight rise in the previous year. The fact that the birth rate is almost double the size of its death rate gives the country one of the highest natural population growth rates of any high-income country.
National distribution of the population Australia’s population is expected to surpass 28 million people by 2028. The majority of its inhabitants live in the major cities. The most populated states are New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. Together, they account for over 75 percent of the population in Australia.

Australia Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Queensland: Greater Brisbane data was reported at 2,413,457.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,362,672.000 Person for 2016. Australia Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Queensland: Greater Brisbane data is updated yearly, averaging 2,171,862.000 Person from Jun 2006 (Median) to 2017, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,413,457.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 1,908,265.000 Person in 2006. Australia Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Queensland: Greater Brisbane data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G002: Estimated Resident Population.

As of December 2023, the proportion of the Australian population that lived in New South Wales amounted to 31.3 percent. The Northern Territory had the least number of residents in the country, with less than one percent of the population residing there.

Estimated resident population by statistical area level 1 (SA1), Australia

Australia Population Change: Net Interstate Migration: Queensland data was reported at 5,714.000 Person in Sep 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6,830.000 Person for Jun 2024. Australia Population Change: Net Interstate Migration: Queensland data is updated quarterly, averaging 5,645.000 Person from Jun 1981 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 174 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17,639.000 Person in Dec 2021 and a record low of 589.000 Person in Mar 2010. Australia Population Change: Net Interstate Migration: Queensland data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G003: Population Change.

This dataset presents the 2013 Edition of the Queensland Government population projections (Medium Series). These projections represent usual resident populations only and exclude visitors and temporary residents.

These population projections have been prepared using the latest available information at the time of preparation. Complete accuracy of these projections should not be assumed. Variation above or below the figures provided is to be expected, because projections rely on the accuracy of the assumptions used, as well as the quality of data on which they are based.

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Please note the following assumptions:

• Queensland total fertility rate of 1.95 in 2011-2012, declining over a five year period to 1.90, then held constant thereafter.

• Average of low and high series life expectancy at birth.

• Net interstate migration of 15,000 persons per annum.

• Net overseas migration for Australia increasing to 250,000 by 2016-2017, then remaining constant thereafter.

• Queensland share increasing from 19.4% to 22.0% over the projection period.

5.030.999 (Persons) in 2018Q3.

Australia Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Queensland: Rest of Queensland data was reported at 2,515,695.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,482,480.000 Person for 2016. Australia Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Queensland: Rest of Queensland data is updated yearly, averaging 2,350,870.500 Person from Jun 2006 (Median) to 2017, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,515,695.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 2,099,727.000 Person in 2006. Australia Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Queensland: Rest of Queensland data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G002: Estimated Resident Population.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Brisbane, Australia metro area from 1950 to 2025.

In the Australian state of Queensland, about 1.64 children were born per woman in the period of 2022-2023. This figure represents a slight increase compared to the previous year.

Projected population data by five–year age group and sex, for the State of Queensland, Queensland statistical areas level 4 (SA4s), SA3s, SA2s, and local government areas.

Australia Population Change: Change Over Previous Quarter: Queensland data was reported at 24,833.000 Person in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 24,306.000 Person for Jun 2024. Australia Population Change: Change Over Previous Quarter: Queensland data is updated quarterly, averaging 18,749.000 Person from Sep 1981 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 173 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39,313.000 Person in Mar 2023 and a record low of 7,458.000 Person in Sep 2020. Australia Population Change: Change Over Previous Quarter: Queensland data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G003: Population Change.

Estimated resident population by urban centre and locality, Queensland

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