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forecast.id helps you understand the future of your local area in a regional and national context. What can we reveal about the future of our cities?
15,353 suburbs
57,523 SA1 building blocks
2021
25.7m
2036
31.3m
2026
27.7m
2046
34.9m
+9.2 Million by 2046
Birth rates ↓
Life expectancy ↑
Ageing in place
Migration patterns
12%
4%
1%
27%
2%
1%
23%
18%
14%
67% of forecast growth will occur in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Perth
27%
Forecast growth
2021-2041
Victoria
+ 2.0m
+ 960k
Forecast growth
2021-2041
Victoria
+ 2.0m
+ 960k
Greater Melbourne
+ 1.6m
+ 723k
Land supply
~ 1.4m
27%
Forecast growth
2021-2041
New South Wales
+ 1.7m
+ 864k
27%
Forecast growth
2021-2041
New South Wales
+ 1.7m
+ 864k
Greater Sydney
+ 1.2m
+ 582k
Land supply
~ 900k
Forecast growth
2021-2041
Queensland
+ 1.6m
+ 677k
27%
Forecast growth
2021-2041
Queensland
+ 1.6m
+ 677k
Greater Brisbane
+ 974k
+ 381k
Land supply
~ 700k
27%
Forecast growth
2021-2041
Western Australia
+ 904k
+ 386k
27%
Forecast growth
2021-2041
Western Australia
+ 904k
+ 386k
Greater Perth
+ 797k
+ 334k
Land supply
~ 630k
Forecast growth, 2021-2041
Sydney South West
Sydney South West
+193k
+193k
+86k
+86k
Sydney Blacktown
Sydney Blacktown
+133k
+133k
+57k
+57k
+ 123k
+ 123k
+ 60k
+ 60k
Sydney - Parramatta
Sydney - Parramatta
Sydney - City & Inner South
Sydney - City & Inner South
+ 123k
+ 123k
+ 64k
+ 64k
Forecast growth, 2021-2041
Austral
Austral
+74k
+74k
+25k
+25k
Marsden Park
Marsden Park
+ 59k
+ 59k
+ 22k
+ 22k
Leppington
Leppington
+46k
+46k
+19k
+19k
Forecast growth, 2021-2041
Bradfield
+15,089
Forecast growth, 2021-2041
Bradfield
+15,089
Canterbury
+ 1,790
Forecast growth, 2021-2041
Bradfield
+15,089
+ 5,030
Canterbury
+ 1,790
+ 952
Bradfield
Bradfield
Liverpool
Liverpool
Parramatta
Parramatta
Canterbury
Canterbury
Bankstown
Bankstown
What is the future of our cities?
Rest of NSW
Rest of NSW
Greater Sydney
Greater Sydney
Penrith
Penrith
Blacktown
Blacktown
Parramatta
Parramatta
Southwest
Southwest
Campbelltown
Campbelltown
Greater Macarthur
Greater Macarthur
Sydney
Sydney
80kms
80kms
60kms
60kms
20kms
20kms
5kms
5kms
0-5kms | +21k | +11k |
80kms
80kms
60kms
60kms
20kms
20kms
5kms
5kms
0-5kms | +21k | +11k |
5-20kms | +118k | +53k |
80kms
80kms
60kms
60kms
20kms
20kms
5kms
5kms
0-5kms | +21k | +11k |
5-20kms | +118k | +53k |
20-60kms | +165k | +73k |
80kms
80kms
60kms
60kms
20kms
20kms
5kms
5kms
0-5kms | +21k | +11k |
5-20kms | +118k | +53k |
20-60kms | +165k | +73k |
60-80kms | +19k | +9k |
80kms
80kms
60kms
60kms
20kms
20kms
5kms
5kms
0-5kms | +21k | +11k |
5-20kms | +118k | +53k |
20-60kms | +165k | +73k |
60-80kms | +19k | +9k |
0-10kms | +190k | +94k |
10-20kms | +134k | +66k |
20-30kms | +172k | +71k |
30-40kms | +175k | +66k |
Different regions, different stories
Regional webinar series
Fighting history
Can Tasmania sustain its population growth after the pandemic?
- 1% of Australia’s forecast growth
- Recent growth now slowing
- Housing affordability crisis in Hobart
- Once again losing young people to mainland capitals
- Ageing population
- Reliant on migration for demographic balance
On track for growth
How infrastructure and population growth are shaping Western Australia
- Population impacted by cyclical resources economy
- More stable underlying demographics
- Ageing population, but plenty of kids on the way
- Investment in infrastructure, especially rail, supportive of greenfield growth to the North East, North West and South East
- Steady as she goes in Inner Perth
Competing for growth
Where will the next million South East Queenslanders live?
- 300% growth in retirees on the Sunshine Coast
- Gold Coast needs to densify in the 2030s
- Logan growth corridor
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