Syd and Melb reassert their population ponzis

Thursday 17 December 2015

The ABS released its Australian demographic statistics for the June quarter of 2015, which revealed that Australia’s population growth rate remained flat, supported by rebounding growth in New South Wales and Victoria, which offset plummeting growth in the two key mining states of Western Australia and Queensland.

According to the ABS, Australia’s population grew by 1.35% in the year to June 2015 – the same as the prior quarter – with population growth remaining just below 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.