Perth Australia is the largest city in the fastest growing state in the fastest growing nation in the developed world! Here is a demographic snapshot of Perth now and over the decade ahead.

1. Mark McCrindle
API WA State Conference | 17 July 2014

3. BIG AUSTRALIA GEOGRAPHICALLY

4. BIG AUSTRALIA DEMOGRAPHICALLY

5. FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE
OECD
1.7%

6. FASTEST GROWING STATE IN
AUSTRALIA

7. 4 KEY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

8. FASTEST GROWING STATE
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA HAS GROWN BY 82,000
PEOPLE

9. FASTEST GROWING STATE
TASMANIA GREW BY AROUND 1,000 PEOPLE
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA HAS GROWN BY 82,000
PEOPLE

10. FASTEST GROWING STATE
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA HAS GROWN BY 82,000
PEOPLE
WA IS GROWING BY MORE PEOPLE EVERY 5 DAYS
THAN TASMANIA ADDS IN A WHOLE YEAR
TASMANIA GREW BY AROUND 1,000 PEOPLE

11. THE 2 MILLION CLUB
20081959 1975 2014
Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth

12. POPULATION INCREASE: AUSTRALIA

13. POPULATION INCREASE: AUSTRALIA

14. POPULATION INCREASE: ALL STATES
Natural Increase Net Overseas
Migration
Net Interstate
Migration
Population
Growth Rate
TAS 0.3
SA 0.9
NSW 1.5
ACT 1.6
NT 1.7
QLD 1.7
VIC 1.9
WA 2.9

15. POPULATION INCREASE: WA
NET OVERSEAS MIGRATION: 1.83%
NATURAL INCREASE: 0.85%
NET INTERSTATE MIGRATION: 0.19%
% OF POP.
GROWTH

16. 4 KEY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

20. DIVERSITY: TOP COUNTRIES OF
BIRTH
PERTH AUS
46.4% 34.3%
Both parents
born overseas

21. DIVERSITY: TOP COUNTRIES OF
BIRTH
PERTH AUS
46.4% 34.3%
15.1% 11.9%
Both parents
born overseas
One parent
Born overseas

22. DIVERSITY: TOP COUNTRIES OF
BIRTH
PERTH AUS
46.4% 34.3%
15.1% 11.9%
38.5% 53.7%
Both parents
born overseas
One parent
Born overseas
Both parents
born in Australia

23. DIVERSITY: TOP COUNTRIES OF
BIRTH
PERTH
Australia
England
New
ZealandSouth Africa
India
Malaysia
59.6%
9.5%
3.1%
1.8%
1.6%
1.4%

24. DIVERSITY: TOP COUNTRIES OF
BIRTH
PERTH AUS
Australia
England
New
ZealandSouth Africa
India
Malaysia
59.6%
9.5%
3.1%
1.8%
1.6%
1.4%
Australia
England
New
ZealandChina
India
Italy
69.8%
4.2%
2.2%
1.5%
1.4%
0.9%

25. POPULATION GROWTH: WA
Series A: 3.7m in 2025
Series B: 3.5m in 2025
Series C: 3.3m in 2025

26. POPULATION GROWTH: PERTH
Series A: 3m in 2025
Series B: 2.8m in 2025
Series C: 2.7m in 2025

27. 4 KEY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

28. 19741984

29. 20142014

30. 20542044

31. AGEING SOCIETY
36
Perth

32. AGEING SOCIETY
36
Perth W.A.
36

33. AGEING SOCIETY
36
Perth W.A. AUST
36

34. INCREASED LONGEVITY

35. INCREASED LONGEVITY

36. INCREASED LONGEVITY

37. AGEING WORKERS

38. DECLINING WORKFORCE RATIO

39. DECLINING WORKFORCE RATIO

40. DECLINING WORKFORCE RATIO

41. 4 KEY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

43. 48%
Brisbane
% OF STATE POPULATION LIVING IN THEIR
CAPITAL

44. 48% 63%
Brisbane Sydney
% OF STATE POPULATION LIVING IN THEIR
CAPITAL

45. 48% 63% 75%
Brisbane Sydney Melbourne
% OF STATE POPULATION LIVING IN THEIR
CAPITAL

46. % OF STATE POPULATION LIVING IN THEIR
CAPITAL
48% 63% 75% 77%
Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Perth

50. MEDIAN WEEKLY HOUSEHOLD
INCOME
$ 1,459
PERTH

51. MEDIAN WEEKLY HOUSEHOLD
INCOME
$ 1,459 1,41
5
PERTH WA

52. MEDIAN WEEKLY HOUSEHOLD
INCOME
$ 1,459 1,41
5
1,234
PERTH WA AUS

54. AUSTRALIA’S GENERATIONS

55. BABY BOOMERS

56. GENERATION X

57. GENERATION Y

58. GENERATION Z

64. IF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES WERE
COUNTRIES…

65. IF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES WERE
COUNTRIES…

66. IF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES WERE
COUNTRIES…

67. IF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES WERE
COUNTRIES…

68. IF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES WERE
COUNTRIES…

69. WE’RE JUST
A GENERATION
AWAY
FROM IRRELEVANCE.

70. WE’RE JUST
A DECADE AWAY
FROM IRRELEVANCE.

71. WE’RE JUST
A FEW YEARS AWAY
FROM IRRELEVANCE.

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