Australia’s population growth rate lowest since 2007

January 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Australia’s annual population growth rate slowed to 1.7% in the year ending June 2010, according to preliminary figures released recently by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is down from its peak growth rate of 2.2% in the year ending June 2009 and is the lowest since the year ending March 2007.

Western Australia continued to record the fastest population growth rate at 2.2%, followed by Queensland (2.0%), Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory (both 1.8%), New South Wales and the Northern Territory (both 1.5%), South Australia (1.2%) and Tasmania (0.9%).

Australia’s population reached 22,342,000 by the end of June 2010, growing by 377,100 people over the year. Net overseas migration accounted for 57% of this growth, with the remaining 43% due to natural increase (births minus deaths).

Net overseas migration continued to decline to the end of June 2010. The preliminary net overseas migration estimate for the June quarter 2010 (32,300 people) was 44.3% lower than the June quarter 2009 (58,100 people).

Based on preliminary figures, there were 302,200 births registered in the year ending June 2010, 1.7% more than the previous year. The number of deaths registered over the same period was 140,600, 2.2% fewer than the previous year.

Australia’s median age (the age at which half the population is older and half is younger) increased by 4.8 years over the past 20 years, from 32.1 years at 30 June 1990 to 36.9 years in 2010. Of all the states and territories, Tasmania recorded the highest median age (39.9 years) and the Northern Territory the lowest (31.3 years) at 30 June 2010.

During the same period, the proportion of children aged 0-14 years decreased by 3.1 percentage points. The proportion of people aged 15-64 years increased by 0.7 percentage points and the proportion of people aged 65 years and over by 2.4 percentage points.

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Jobless rate up to 5.4 per cent

November 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Australian unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage points to 5.4 per cent in October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced today.

The ABS reported the number of people employed increased by 29,700 people to 11.356 million, seasonally adjusted, in October. The rise in employment was driven by an increase in part-time employment, up 43,800 people to 3.385 million, that was partially offset by a decrease in full-time employment, down 14,100 people to 7.971 million.

The number of people unemployed increased by 32,100 people, to 646,500 in October, the ABS said.

The ABS seasonally adjusted monthly aggregate hours worked series showed a rise in October, up 7.9 million hours to 1,602.6 million hours.

The ABS reported a record high for the labour force participation in October of 65.9 per cent, a rise of 0.3 percentage points from September.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

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Internet access of Australian households

January 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment

According to the 2008-09 Multipurpose Household Survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 72% of Australian households had home internet access and 78% of households had access to a computer.

The ABS survey also reported that between 1998 to 2008-09, household access to the internet at home has more than quadrupled from 16% to 72%, while access to computers has increased from 44% to 78%.

The number of households with a broadband internet connection increased by 18% from the previous year, to an estimated 5.0 million households. The ABS reported also cited that broadband is accessed by close to two-thirds (62%) of all households in Australia and 86% of all households with internet access.

The full text of the ABS report is found here.

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8 million plus internet subscribers in Australia

September 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment

In its latest Internet Activity Survey (IAS), the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that at the end of June 2009, there were 8.4 million active internet subscribers in Australia.

Other highlights of the report include:

  • Digital subscriber line (DSL) continued to be the major technology for non dial-up connections, accounting for 57% (4.2 million) of these connections. However, this percentage share has decreased since December 2008 when DSL represented 63% of non dial-up access connections.

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