"When a city reaches five million people it only performs efficiently with the best public transport systems and infrastructure," he said. He said Melbourne was already "under pressure with schools and hospitals" because population projections from 2003 forecast much slower growth than what eventuated. Melbourne's 2020 population is now estimated at 4,967,733.In 1950, the population of Melbourne was 1,331,966.Melbourne has grown by 537,802 since 2015, which represents a 2.32% annual change. Although Victoria's net interstate migration has fluctuated, the population of the Melbourne statistical division has grown by about 70,000 people a year since 2005. At 30 June 2019 an estimated 178,955 people were living in our city. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia's population grew by 380,700 people last year. The figures build on comments from experts, including Professor Peter McDonald from Melbourne University's school of population and global health. We need to grow Victoria differently for the next 30 years than we have in the last 30 years," Mr Guy said. They do, however, provide a base line by which to understand where the population may have been without this external shock.How we can help you during the Covid-19 response period.New SEIFA data reveals the most advantaged and disadvantaged communities in AustraliaBe the first to know about the latest data releases by bookmarking our product updates page .id community is an evidence-base for over 250 local government areas in Australia and New Zealand, helping you make informed decisions.Access hundreds of free demographic and economic resources to help you make informed decisions.DISCLAIMER: While all due care has been taken to ensure that the content of this website is accurate and current, there Melbourne’s CBD office market has accounted for 40% of all CBD net absorption (1.7 million sqm) in the six CBD markets we track. Read latest updates on our response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. The copyright 22nd Sep 2018 8:02 AM Melbourne grew by 2.7 per cent last year, compared to Sydney (1.8 per cent), Perth (1 per cent) and Adelaide (0.7 per cent).

ABS Data can be accessed from the Australian Bureau of Statistics at In 2018-2019, Sydney’s population was 5,312,163, while Melbourne’s hit 5,078,193, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. They showed that Victoria's actual population grew by 137,000 people between 2017 and 2018, more than one-third of Australia's entire growth. Melbourne City Australia; Population & People: Persons (no.)

"You can have very low levels of population growth that are actually being quite unhelpful in terms of what's happening in the economy, or social cohesion. It's growing so fast that to accurately understand how Melbourne is booming you really need to look overseas. What is it doing in Townsville? And that percentage share hasn't changed much in five years, despite the skyrocketing population growth. And it’s going to keep climbing.“The trend that Melbourne will further densify is definitely true as there will be more skyscrapers coming online and that means there will be more population,” The Demographics Group’s Simon Kuestenmacher told Outside the Melbourne CBD, Carlton, South Yarra, Fitzroy and Collingwood make up Victoria’s top five.The rest of country’s top 20 most densely populated areas are all in Sydney.

The Deflicker plugin in […] Melbourne has now attracted the largest proportion of international overseas immigrants (48,000) finding it outpacing Sydney's international migrant … Australia topped 25 million people at 11pm on August 7, and is adding a new resident every minute and 23 seconds.Our annual population growth sits at 1.6 per cent, slightly higher than a global growth of 1.2 per cent and the highest of the G12 nations.This means we’ll probably stand at 26 million in another three years from now, and if growth remains at this rate, there should be 40 million of us by mid-century.Greater Melbourne is expected to be home to 8 million people by 2050. "There are times when a city grows too fast and I think we're in that time at the moment … But that does not mean shutting the gate … it might mean closing it a bit."