Australia’s Low Population Growth Increases Slightly in the June 2021 Quarter
The latest data shows Australia’s population growth increasing slightly in the June 2021 quarter. Glenn from .id analyses the data in relation to COVID-19 and the different drivers of change across the states and territories.
The latest ABS figures for Australia’s population by state and territory are out for the June quarter 2021. This is an important release, which always sneaks in just before Christmas. It’s the full financial year of population data, and it’s the same time period as the local population estimates, which come out each March.
As of 30 June 2021, Australia’s population stood at 25,573,256 – up by 0.18% (+45,989 people) in a year. Our previous blog, for the year ended March, showed 0.14% population growth. So the June quarter just picked up slightly from the very low COVID-affected growth of previous quarters. But it is still the lowest percentage growth since the population declined during World War I (1916). The quarterly growth was 34,300 people, so the June quarter made up most of the year’s growth.
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