The Australian Population

Statistical Local Area Population Projections, 2007 to 2027, Revised

Revised SLA Population projections, 2006 census-based, by sex and age for all states and territories.

The Conditions of Use apply in respect of use of these Population Projections for Statistical Local Areas (SLAs).

These population projections were prepared by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) as consultant to the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The projections are not official ABS data.

The base Estimated Resident Population (ERP) is preliminary for 2007, based on final 2006 Census-year ERP; later years are projected. ERP age/sex cells have been confidentialised through perturbation, though this does not affect SLA totals. SLAs with total ERP under 500 have generally been held constant as reliable projections are not possible for the very small age/sex cells involved.

These projections are a revised set using preliminary 2007 Census-based ERP and assumptions from the 2006-2101 issue of Population Projections, Australia (ABS Cat. No. 3222.0). The 2006-based SLA projections were a preliminary version and are now superseded.

The assumptions of fertility (birth rates), mortality (death rates) and migration underpinning the projections are primarily based on historical patterns and trends specific to each area.

Conditions of use

The following Conditions of Use apply in respect of the use of the Population Projections for Statistical Local Areas.

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2. The Material was prepared by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for the purpose of the Commonwealth (through the Department of Health and Ageing) and other governments to plan and evaluate aged care. The projections reflect the assumptions made about future fertility, mortality and migration trends. While the assumptions are formulated on the basis of an objective assessment of demographic trends over the past decade and their likely future dynamics, there can be no certainty that they will be realised.

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