Regional Australia should be alarmed by the latest long-term projections from the Centre for Population, which risk tilting the nation’s power balance further in the cities’ favour.
To recap, the Centre for Population’s 2025 Population Statement projects that the nation’s population will grow by 3,860,000 over the 11 years to 2035–36, with most (80%) of this growth to occur in the capital cities, which are projected to grow by 3,080,000.
Australia’s population is also projected to grow by 13.4 million people (nearly 50%) by 2065-66. To put this level of growth into perspective, it is equivalent to adding another Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth to the nation’s current population.
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