Mass immigration:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-24/australias-population-reaches-27-million/...ABS's population clock ticks over to 27 million,
so what does that mean for Australia's future?
By Tessa Flemming
Posted 12h ago
Australia's population has tipped over 27 million, around 18 years earlier than the milestone was predicted.
Key points:
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' population clocked 27 million around 3.45pm on Wednesday
This annual growth is 41 per cent larger than the previous record in 2009
Migration has surged Australia's population post-pandemic
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) population clock ticked into the new million around 3.45pm AEST on Wednesday, January 24.
The 624,100 population increase over the past 12 months is equivalent to adding the population of Tasmania (572,800) in just one year.
This annual growth is 41 per cent larger than the previous record when the population increased by 442,500 in 2009.
It also exceeds the Howard government's first inter-generational report forecast in 2002, which said the national population would not reach 25.3 million people until 2042.
"The fact is, this record population increase is coming right at the time that there is infrastructure bottlenecks," he told ABC News Channel.
Principal, Demographer & Futurist at McCrindle Research,
Mark McCrindle, says the milestone was beyond modelling,
and could mean exacerbated housing issues.
"People are struggling around education, health supply.
"People trying to afford a home are really against it,
even though there's government policies around new home construction."