Population & Housing in Australia

Australia’s Australia’s Selected Fastest growing projected projected world large cities population2 households2 comparisons3 2012–2013

Historic and projected population* Historic and projected households* Population growth 2012-2013* Population growth

Australia ...... 1.7% 1 Melbourne 95,497 2 80,965 India ...... 1.3% Sydney 2004 +3.6m 2004 +1.3m 3 Perth 67,500 19.9m 7.2m United States ...... 0.7% 4 Brisbane 45,078 Population United Kingdom ...... 0.7% 2014 23.5m +4.2m 2014 8.5m +1.6m 5 Adelaide 13,066 China ...... 0.5% 6 Gold Coast-Tweed Heads 11,974 & housing Russia ...... 0.2% 7 Canberra-Queanbeyan 6,450 2024 27.7m 2024 10.1m Japan ...... -0.2% 8 Sunshine Coast 5,726 9 Newcastle-Maitland 4,752 THE STORY BEHIND THE NUMBERS 10 Townsville 4,187 TOP Preferred household Australia’s building 11 Darwin 3,924 5 1 12 Wollongong 3,085 arrangements activity hotspots 13 Cairns 2,912 TOP 14 Geelong 2,505 Largest cities 2011 Census1 Total number of new residential dwelling unit approvals* 20 15 Ballarat 1,746 in 2013 1 VIC 16 Toowoomba 1,660 % % % % % Melbourne 17 Bendigo 1,526 Population ‘0001 1,791 31 25 23 11 4 18 2 WA Albury-Wodonga 1,287 19 Hobart 1,052 1 Sydney 4,757 Baldivis 1,666 20 2 4,348 Launceston 91 Melbourne 3 NSW 3 Brisbane 2,238 Mascot-Eastlakes Couple Couple Lone One parent Group 1,633 4 Perth 1,972 with kids 4 WA 5 Adelaide 1,292 Yanchep 1,394 6 Gold Coast-Tweed Heads 605 7 Newcastle-Maitland 426 5 VIC KPMG’s Demographics group Cranbourne East 8 Canberra-Queanbeyan 419 1,341 CONTACTS 9 Sunshine Coast 292 10 Wollongong 287 Net Overseas Migration Bernard Salt Partner, Melbourne 11 Hobart 218 Australia’s annual population growth Natural increase +61 3 9288 5047 12 Geelong 182 [email protected] 13 Townsville 176 500 14 Cairns 145 Sarah Read 400 Director, Sydney 15 Darwin 136 300 +61 2 9335 8355 16 Toowoomba 113 200 [email protected] 17 Ballarat 97 100 * Year end June 30 2014

18 Bendigo 90 Persons ('000) 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 0 2. KPMG’s Demographics: Based on data from the ABS 19 Albury-Wodonga 86 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 3. World Bank, World Development Indicators 4. Estimate based on three quarters of data 20 Launceston 86 4

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