200 150 % 100 50 0 NT 119,199 125,849 NSW 3,933,962 3,863,829 204,426 AC 201,977 T TA 262,629 256,421 S QLD 2,463,969 2,419,770 W 1,278,711 A 1,289,077 VIC 3,089,115 3,155,112 SA 867,552 849,414 More than More than Demographics 23,401,892 In 2016 there were 23,401,892 people in Australia. How many people are there in Australia? The population of Australia is 1.6 increasing by % per year 38 years The median age of people in Australia How many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are there in Australia? In 2016 there were 649,171 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This is approximately 3 % of the total population 3.0 % per year The median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is 23 years The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is increasing by 3% per year. Where did most Australians live in 2016? Population numbers Capital City Populations, 2016 5,029,768 Sydney 4,725,316 2,360,241 2,022,044 Melbourne Brisbane Perth 1,324,279 403,468 145,916 224,462 Adelaide Canberra Darwin Hobart Some capital cities are growing faster than others. Capital Cities Population growth (%) 1973 to 2013 190.5% 152.2% Perth 123.7% 120.1% 61.9% 54.5% 42.6% 36.1% Darwin Brisbane Canberra Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Hobart In 2016,more than two in three Australians lived in a capital city. If current growth trends continue, Melbourne is projected to overtake Sydney to become Australia's largest capital city by 2053. QLD 49 % live in Brisbane TAS 43 % live in Hobart Melbourne Sydney Tasmania and Queensland are the only two states with more residents living outside the capital city than in it. What do Australian families look like? Family Composition in Australia, 2016 Couples without children Other family compositions 1.7 % 37.8 % Of the single parent families, 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.1% were female. 15.8 % Single parents with children 44.7 % Couples with children What religious beliefs do Australians have? Top 5 Religions in 2016 Christianity 52.1 % 2.6 % 2.4 % 1.9 % 0.5 % Over 65% of the Australian population is religious Islam Buddhism Hinduism Sikhism 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 their Census form: In the 2011 Census 64,390 people in Australia reported their religion to be “Jedi”. 6.9million people 10,000 people 1911 2016 http://education.abc.net.au/statistics-game © ABC 2018