Home > Subjects > Demography > Demography – General

Key demographic and socio-economic indicators by state and territory, as at May 2012 (a)

Key indicator	Data period	State/territory
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Estimated resident population (no.)	Sep qtr 11	7,317,469	5,640,884	4,599,362	1,659,818	2,366,859	510,953	231,192	366,938	22,695,975
Estimated resident population growth (%) (b)	Sep qtr 11	1.1	1.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	0.5	0.5	1.9	1.4
Natural increase (no.) (c)	Sep qtr 11	42,063	34,971	35,375	7,049	19,067	2,262	2,976	3,357	147,134
Net overseas migration (no.) (c)	Sep qtr 11	49,396	44,037	32,008	8,527	34,683	982	691	2,171	172,498
Net interstate migration (no.) (c)	Sep qtr 11	–14,773	3,634	8,127	–2,468	6,963	–464	–2,418	1,399	. .
Total growth (no.) (c)	Sep qtr 11	76,686	82,642	75,510	13,108	60,713	2,780	1,249	6,927	319,632
Area (km²)	2010–11	800,771	227,496	1,729,958	984,179	2,526,574	68,018	1,348,199	2,352	7,702,513
Population density (persons/km²)	Sep qtr 11	9.1	24.8	2.7	1.7	0.9	7.5	0.2	156.0	2.9

Consumer Price Index (%) (b)(d)	Mar qtr 12	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.8	1.9	2.1	1.7	1.6	1.6
Unemployment rate - trend (%)	Apr 12	4.9	5.5	5.3	5.2	3.9	7.7	3.8	3.3	5.1
House Price Index (established homes) (%) (b)(d)	Mar qtr 12	–4.6	–6.6	–3.7	–3.8	–1.7	–6.7	3.5	–0.5	–4.5
Retail trade turnover - trend (%) (e)	Mar 12	–0.1	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.3	0.7	0.3
Building approvals - trend (total dwelling units approved) (%) (e)	Mar 12	2.3	–1.5	1.7	1.2	1.6	1.7	–13.3	–18.5	0.3
Wage Price Index - original (%) (b)(f)	Dec qtr 11	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.9	3.6	4.2	2.9	3.7

Total tourism establishments (no.) (g)	Dec qtr 11	1,392	802	1,121	265	341	152	94	49	4,216
Room occupancy rate (%) (g)	Dec qtr 11	67.9	67.4	66.9	64.8	70.1	63.5	61.4	72.1	67.3
Takings from accommodation ($m) (g)	Dec qtr 11	735.7	424.0	586.8	106.1	260.6	55.8	56.8	55.7	2,281.5
Takings from accommodation (%) (b)(g)	Dec qtr 11	3.1	3.1	4.4	3.1	16.2	2.9	–2.9	0.4	4.5

Sales of new motor vehicles - seasonally adjusted (%) (e)(h)	Mar 12	4.2	4.7	2.0	6.9	3.2	5.0	8.3	9.5	4.0

. . = Not applicable

(a) Note: Table contains information as at 10 May 2012.

(b) Change from corresponding quarter of previous year.

(d) Based on the capital city of state/territory; and weighted average of capital cities for Australia.

(e) Change from previous month.

(f) Hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses.

(g) Hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms (original data).

(h) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution.

Sources:

ABS 3101.0 Australian Demographic Statistics, Sep 2011

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3101.0

ABS 3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2010–11

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3218.0

ABS 6345.0 Labour Price Index, Australia, Dec 2011

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6345.0

ABS 6401.0 Consumer Price Index, Australia, Mar 2012

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6401.0

ABS 6202.0 Labour Force, Australia, Apr 2012

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6202.0

ABS 6416.0 House Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities, Mar 2012