Melb and Syd maintain manic population growth

Thursday 23 June 2016

The ABS released its Australian demographic statistics for the December quarter of 2015, which revealed that Australia’s overall population growth rate accelerated slightly, with rebounding growth in New South Wales and Victoria offsetting plummeting growth in Western Australia and South Australia.

According to the ABS, Australia’s population rebounded to 1.38% in the year to December 2015 to be inline with the 30-year average of 1.38%.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.