Demographics

21,5
07,7 In 2011 there were
17
How many people are
there in Australia? 21,507,717
people in Australia.

The
population
of Australia is

37 years
increasing by

The median age of

people in Australia
1.5 %
per year

How many Aboriginal

and Torres Strait
Islander people are
there in Australia?
In 2011 there were 548,369
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people. This is approximately

3 % of the total
population
2.3 %
per year
 The median age of
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders is
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander population is increasing
21 years
by 2.3% per year.

Where do most
Australians live?

NT
126,827

113,932
WA QLD
1,245,526 2,334,680

1,273,795 2,322,123

NSW
3,731,112

3,679,287

ACT
SA 191,677

842,604 189,811

828,223

VIC TAS
2,899,004 257,444
More than
2,840,337 255,715

More than

Population numbers
Capital City Populations, 2013
 4,373,433 4,181,021 2,143,121 1,901,582

Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth

1,263,888 418,856 119,597 206,560

Adelaide Canberra Darwin Hobart

Some capital cities are growing faster than others.

190.5% Capital Cities

200

152.2%
Population growth (%)
150
1973 to 2013
123.7% 120.1%

% 100

61.9%
54.5%
50 42.6% 36.1%

0
Darwin Perth Brisbane Canberra Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Hobart

In 2013, two in three (66%) Australians lived in a capital city.

If current growth trends continue,

 TAS Melbourne is projected to overtake

42
Sydney to become Australia's largest
% capital city
QLD by 2053.

48
live in Hobart
% Melbourne
Sydney
live in Brisbane

Tasmania and Queensland are the only

two states with more residents living
outside the capital city than in it.

What do Australian Family Composition

families look like? in Australia

Couples without children

Other family compositions
1.7 %

37.8%
Of the single
parent families, 15.9%
17.6% of single
parents were
male and 82.4% Single parents 44.6%
were female. with children
Couples with children

Top 5 Religions in 2011

Christianity 61.1%
What religious beliefs
Buddhism 2.5%
do Australians have?
Islam 2.2%
 Over 77% of the Australian Hinduism 1.3%
population is religious Judaism 0.5%
However, in 2010, only 15% of men and 22% of women
aged 18 years and over said they had actively
participated in a religious or spiritual group.

The number of
Australians who
chose ‘No religion’ on
4.8million
In the 2011 Census
their Census form:
people 64,390
people in

10,000 2011
Australia
reported
people their religion
to be “Jedi”.
1911

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