Net overseas migration added another 145,000 residents in the three months to September, helping push Australia’s population to a record high.
Australia’s population is on track to soon reach 27 million after another large increase in net overseas migration and a lift in natural population growth.
Every state and territory had an increase in population. Victoria added 192,700 people over the past year, taking that state’s population to 6.87 million while NSW added 186,100 with its population now almost 8.4 million. NSW added a record 183,600 net overseas migrants through the 12 months to the end of September. In the previous 12-month period it had added 117,761.Advertisement
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