QUEENSLAND HAS 7 OF 10 OF AUSTRALIA’S FASTEST-GROWING DISTRICTS
Published Friday, 22 September, 2006 at 02:19 PM
Premier and Minister for Trade
The Honourable Peter Beattie
Premier Peter Beattie said this week’s population figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics demonstrated the enormous pressure placed on infrastructure in Queensland.
“Seven of Australia’s top 10 fastest-growing districts are in Queensland,” Mr Beattie pointed out.
“The fastest growing districts in Australia between June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005 were:
1. Mandurah (WA) – 5.32%
2. Bunbury (WA) – 5%
3. Hervey Bay (Qld) – 4.89%
4. Mackay (Qld) – 3.21%
5. Townsville (Qld) – 3.01%
6. Nowra/Boomaderry - @.75%
7. Sunshine Coast (Qld) – 2.56%
8. Toowoomba (Qld) – 2.47%
9. Gold Coast/Tweed (Qld/NSW) – 2.47%
10. Cairns (Qld) – 2.43%
“Queensland’s 10 fastest growing districts were:
1. Gold Coast/Tweed – 11,629 extra people
2. Sunshine Coast – 5,311
3. Townsville – 4,350
4. Cairns – 2,925
5. Toowoomba – 2,867
6. Hervey Bay – 2,229
7. Mackay – 2,198
8. Bundaberg – 1,325
9. Rockhampton – 546
10. Gladstone - 521
“Queensland still leads Australia as the fastest growing state with an increase of 80,000 people in the 12 months to March this year, compared with 65,700 in Victoria and 56,900 in New South Wales.
“The total of 80,177 new Queenslanders amounted to 31% of all new Australians (263,200), although Queensland still has only 19.6% of the total population.
“It means an extra 1,542 Queenslanders every week on average.
“This represented growth of 2.0% compared with 1.9% in Western Australia which increased its population by 38,600 over the 12 months (although Western Australia increased its population by 0.6% in the March quarter compared with Queensland’s 0.5%).
“Queensland’s natural increase of 28,913 people represented the largest proportion of Queensland’s population increase of 80,177 during the 12 months. It represented 23% of Australia’s natural increase in population for the year.
“Net interstate migration resulted in an extra 26,773 people arriving in Queensland, with overseas migration adding another 24,491 people.
“Interstate migration resulted in 24,500 people more people leaving New South Wales than arriving and Victoria lost 2,300 in the same way.”
Contact: 3224 4500
September 22, 2006.
“Seven of Australia’s top 10 fastest-growing districts are in Queensland,” Mr Beattie pointed out.
“The fastest growing districts in Australia between June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005 were:
1. Mandurah (WA) – 5.32%
2. Bunbury (WA) – 5%
3. Hervey Bay (Qld) – 4.89%
4. Mackay (Qld) – 3.21%
5. Townsville (Qld) – 3.01%
6. Nowra/Boomaderry - @.75%
7. Sunshine Coast (Qld) – 2.56%
8. Toowoomba (Qld) – 2.47%
9. Gold Coast/Tweed (Qld/NSW) – 2.47%
10. Cairns (Qld) – 2.43%
“Queensland’s 10 fastest growing districts were:
1. Gold Coast/Tweed – 11,629 extra people
2. Sunshine Coast – 5,311
3. Townsville – 4,350
4. Cairns – 2,925
5. Toowoomba – 2,867
6. Hervey Bay – 2,229
7. Mackay – 2,198
8. Bundaberg – 1,325
9. Rockhampton – 546
10. Gladstone - 521
“Queensland still leads Australia as the fastest growing state with an increase of 80,000 people in the 12 months to March this year, compared with 65,700 in Victoria and 56,900 in New South Wales.
“The total of 80,177 new Queenslanders amounted to 31% of all new Australians (263,200), although Queensland still has only 19.6% of the total population.
“It means an extra 1,542 Queenslanders every week on average.
“This represented growth of 2.0% compared with 1.9% in Western Australia which increased its population by 38,600 over the 12 months (although Western Australia increased its population by 0.6% in the March quarter compared with Queensland’s 0.5%).
“Queensland’s natural increase of 28,913 people represented the largest proportion of Queensland’s population increase of 80,177 during the 12 months. It represented 23% of Australia’s natural increase in population for the year.
“Net interstate migration resulted in an extra 26,773 people arriving in Queensland, with overseas migration adding another 24,491 people.
“Interstate migration resulted in 24,500 people more people leaving New South Wales than arriving and Victoria lost 2,300 in the same way.”
Contact: 3224 4500
September 22, 2006.