POPULATION ESTIMATES,SEPTEMBER QUARTER 2016

Summary

During the year to September 2016, South Australia’s Estimated Resident Population (ERP) increased 0.6% (or 9,400 persons) to 1,710,800 people.

Nationally, the ERP increased 1.5% to 24,220,200 people.

Further Analysis

South Australia’s population rose by 0.2% during the September quarter 2016, to be 0.6% higher than a year ago. Nationally, the population rose by 0.4% in the September quarter 2016 and was 1.5% higher than a year earlier—see Chart 1.

Population growth over the year by state, from highest to lowest was: Victoria (2.1%), the ACT (1.5%), New South Wales and Queensland (both 1.4%), Western Australia (1.0%), South Australia (0.6%), Tasmania (0.5%) and the Northern Territory (0.3%).

TABLE 1: Estimated Resident Population

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NSW 7,757.8 109.6 1.4VIC 6,100.9 127.5 2.1QLD 4,860.4 67.7 1.4SA 1,710.8 9.4 0.6WA 2,623.2 25.2 1.0TAS 519.8 2.6 0.5NT 245.7 0.8 0.3ACT 398.3 5.8 1.5AUS* 24,220.2 348.7 1.5

*Includes Christmas Island, the Cocos Islands and Jervis Bay.

In the 12 months to September 2016 the largest contribution to South Australia’s population growth came from net overseas migration, which totalled 9,300 persons, down 12% from the previous 12 months. Natural increase over the period totalled 6,600, up 3.8% from the previous 12 months. In the year to September 2016, there was a net interstate outflow of 6,500 people from South Australia, 57% higher than in the previous 12 months—see Chart 2.

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CHART 2: COMPONENTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POPULATION CHANGE

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