A key election issue is high immigration levels,but new research says these will plunge. That’s in addition to falling fertility and shorter lifespans.
Australia’s capital cities are home to a record 18.4 million people after their populations swelled by another 430,000 residents over the past year.
The government may not be able to reverse the trend,which one Kiwi describes as abandoning “a sinking boat”.
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest the federal government’s efforts to bring down burgeoning population growth are starting to work.
The document says governments will need to make better use of existing services due to a lack of funding,land,and goodwill for new infrastructure.
The federal government expects more people to be living in Greater Brisbane than the rest of Queensland within months.
The number of people with a job is set to shrink in scores of Sydney neighbourhoods over the next 25 years.
Predictions that Melbourne’s population would soon overtake Sydney’s were premature.
Marriage rates are declining across China. But at a pop-up market in Shanghai,parents sit for hours every weekend,advertising their single children’s key attributes.
A drop in migration and a global slide in birth rates won’t stop Australia’s population growth. That will come with its challenges.