This placemat provides a snapshot of cities and regions in regard to population, employment, housing and liveability.

Estimated Resident Population is the official measure of Australia’s population produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. These preliminary population estimates were released on 29 March 2022.

This fact sheet provides an overview of population trends in Australia over 5 years, from 2016 to 2021. The analysis is based on Estimated Resident Population (ERP) data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in July 2022. A custom geography – Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research (BCARR) migration geography – is used to analyse Australia's population trends.

The BCARR migration geography classifies Australia into 6 region categories (without overlap) according to natural endowments, administration boundaries and proximity to amenities. These categories are:

• Capital cities
• Coastal cities 
• Coastal country areas 
• Inland cities 
• Inland country areas; and
• Remote areas.

​The paper considers the relationship between population and services. The approach taken is to consider the role of population before a service provider will enter a market, and then explain why this occurs and how this relates to competition. This paper applies a standard neo-classical micro-economic framework.

• Population and access to local services
  
  bitre_population_and_access_to_local_services_staff_paper.pdf
  (1.19 MB)

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This is the first comparative study of spatial changes in population, jobs and commuting patterns within Australia's largest cities. It focuses on recent patterns of change in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, while also presenting an overview of change in other capital cities and regional cities between 2001 and 2011. The report identifies some common trends and differences across the cities, and investigates the extent to which these recent spatial changes match up to the stated strategic planning goals for the four largest cities.

• Population growth, jobs growth and commuting flows–a comparison of Australia's four largest cities
  
  report_142.pdf
  (20.85 MB)

The South East Queensland report discusses changes in the geography of population and employment and the impacts on commuting, with a view to providing a solid evidence base about the trends that have been shaping the region in recent years. The analysis focuses on changes between 2001 and 2011 (wherever data is available). Further, it explores changes at a range of geographical scales to convey an understanding of the overarching patterns as well as some of the finer details. It also investigates the trends in relation to the relevant strategic planning goals.

• Population growth, jobs growth and commuting flows in South East Queensland
  
  report_134.pdf
  (19.81 MB)

The Sydney report discusses changes in the geography of population and employment and the impacts on commuting. It also investigates the trends in relation to the relevant strategic planning goals. The analysis focuses on changes between 2001 and 2010 (wherever data is available). It explores changes at a range of geographical scales to convey an understanding of the overarching patterns as well as some of the finer details.

• Population growth, jobs growth and commuting flows in Sydney
  
  report_132.pdf
  (7.87 MB)

This booklet provides an accessible introduction to social, economic and environmental statistics for Australia's regions. Information is presented under the following broad themes: population; society; regional economies; housing; transport and communications; education and health; and environmental issues.

• About Australia's Regions 2008
  
  other_005_RegStats_2008.pdf
  (1.71 MB)

This report identifies recent spatial changes in employment and the residential population within Perth, and investigates how commuting behaviour has responded to these changes.

• Population growth, jobs growth and commuting flows in Perth
  
  report_119.pdf
  (43.29 MB)

This update builds on the Northern Australia Statistical Compendium 2009 publication by providing new information, where it has become available. The publication provides an update across a wide range of subjects such as population, economic, social, education, transport, infrastructure, climate and natural resources for regions north of the Tropic of Capricorn.

• Northern Australia statistical compendium 2011 update
  
  stats_014.pdf
  (12.36 MB)