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Demographic Demographic Characteristics of Characteristics of
AustraliaAustraliaAge structureAge structure
Population distributionPopulation distributionEthnic CompositionEthnic Composition
Gender Gender Population growth RatesPopulation growth Rates
Australia’s Australia’s population is population is ageing because ageing because the numbers of the numbers of people over 40 is people over 40 is growing.growing.
Yet, the numbers Yet, the numbers of younger people of younger people is declining.is declining.
An ageing An ageing population means population means that there will be that there will be smaller numbers smaller numbers of working age of working age people supporting people supporting an elderly an elderly population.population.
People are living People are living longer and will longer and will need to be need to be supported on supported on pensions for pensions for longer periods of longer periods of time.time.
More More infrastructure, infrastructure, such as hospitals such as hospitals and nursing and nursing homes will need homes will need to be provided for to be provided for an ageing an ageing population.population.
Most of the Most of the Australian Australian population resides population resides in the South in the South Eastern Coastal Eastern Coastal belt.belt.
Sydney is Sydney is Australia’s largest Australia’s largest city and city and demonstrates demonstrates urban sprawl urban sprawl or or conurbationconurbation where satellite where satellite towns are towns are becoming absorbed becoming absorbed into the main city.into the main city.
Australia still Australia still has an Anglo-has an Anglo-Celtic “face” Celtic “face” despite despite multicultural multicultural immigration immigration since the since the 1970’s.1970’s.
Migration for Migration for humanitarian humanitarian reasons has seen reasons has seen refugees arriving refugees arriving from Vietnam from Vietnam (1970’s), the (1970’s), the former Yugoslavia former Yugoslavia (1990’s) and the (1990’s) and the Middle East, Sudan Middle East, Sudan and Afghanistan and Afghanistan (2000’s).(2000’s).
Approximately Approximately 105 males per 105 males per 100 females exist 100 females exist at birth, yet there at birth, yet there is higher male is higher male mortality for the mortality for the 30-64 years age 30-64 years age group. group.
The sex ratio of The sex ratio of the total the total population for population for Australia is 98.9 Australia is 98.9 males per 100 males per 100 females. (2008 females. (2008 figs)figs)
Studies indicate Studies indicate that women live that women live longer than men longer than men and have lower and have lower mortality rates in mortality rates in all age groups. all age groups.
Migration rates allow Migration rates allow an increase in the an increase in the Australian workforce in Australian workforce in the short term.the short term.
However, increases in However, increases in the rate of natural the rate of natural increase allow an increase allow an increase in the increase in the working age working age population in the long population in the long term.term.
Write a brief Write a brief report on the report on the demographic demographic nature of the nature of the Australian Australian population.population.