While arid and semi-arid regions may account for 70 per cent of Australia's landmass, 30 per cent of Australia is both fertile and habitable. That's still larger than Spain, France, Germany, Sweden and Norway combined. Even Australia's most arid regions are far from uninhabitable.
More than two-third part of the country only receives less than 500 mm annual rain. This arid, uninhabitable part of Australia lies in the middle of the continent (the Outback), away from the coasts. And this is also the reason why more than 80% of the country's population lives within 50 kilometres from the coast.
For starters, mainland Australia is the world's largest island that also tops as a continent. In fact, Australia is considered the 2nd driest continent after Antarctica. The busy Sydney harbour or the skyline of metropolitan Melbourne make it seem unbelievable that nearly 40% of Australia's land is uninhabitable.
Australia population is equivalent to 0.33% of the total world population. Australia ranks number 55 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
More than 90 percent of Australia's population lives within 100km of the coast. The whole state of Tasmania currently comprises 200,000 households.
Most of Australia's 19 million people live near the coast, because the inner parts are made up of deserts. 80% of the country's population live in the south-eastern part of the country. Here you can also find the big cities like Sydney and Melbourne, or the capital Canberra.
Australia's coastline stretches almost 50,000 kilometres and is linked by over 10,000 beaches, more than any other country in the world. More than 85 per cent of Australians live within 50 kilometres of the coast, making it an integral part of our laid-back lifestyle.
Between 2000 and 2020 the numbers of Australians aged over 85 grew by 110 per cent, compared with national population growth of 35 per cent. A baby girl born today has an almost 40 per cent chance of reaching 100. Life expectancy for men is increasing along a similar upwards curve, just behind the long-lived women.
What is Australia's homeless population? On Census night in 2021, statistics show 122,494 people were estimated to be experiencing homelessness. That's an increase of 5.2 per cent since the 2016 Census.
Australia's population density is low because most of the country's interior is desert (also known as the outback) and presents extremely difficult living conditions.
Three major economic centres are set to become uninhabitable by the end of the century, with global temperatures on track to warm by 2.7C. Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland are predicted to be pushed outside the “human climate niche” — that is, the temperature and humidity conditions in which humans can survive.
Key statistics
unemployment rate remained at 3.5%. participation rate remained at 66.8%. employment increased to 14,045,800.
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of Australia, an area the size of India, remains untouched by humans, making the country as critical to the world's environment as the Amazon rainforests, a study said on Wednesday.
The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia.
There are now about 4,250 people aged 100 years or older living in Australia. By 2050, statisticians believe Australia will have more than 50,000 people aged 100 and over. For many seniors, this means more years of being active and being a valuable part of the community.
A majority of people experiencing homelessness long-term in Australia are found in the large cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. It is estimated that on any given night approximately 116,000 people will be homeless and many more are living in insecure housing, "one step away from being homeless".
Causes of homelessness
Domestic violence is the single biggest cause of homelessness in Australia. What this means is that homelessness is a product of many other human rights abuses.
Home ownership data from the 2021 Census show a home ownership rate of 67%, down from 70% in 2006. While the home ownership rate remained around 67–70% from the early 1970's, the rate for different age groups has varied markedly over this time.
Australians wanting to be in the country's top 1% for wealth need to have an individual net worth of US$5.5 million ($8.3 million), Knight Frank's 2023 Wealth Report has found.
So if you're on $100k or more, congratulations, you're in the top 20% of Aussie income earners. If not, don't worry, you're in the good company of 80% of Aussies.
Australians collected a higher median wealth per adult than anywhere else in the world at $US273,900 ($A390,870) – nearly three times the median wealth of $US93,270 ($A133,100) in the US. Australia was followed on the rich list by Belgium and New Zealand, with the US trailing behind at number 18.
As a result, Australians tend to live in the parts of the country that receive the most rainfall. Australia's physical environments and different climate zones play a major role in where Australians choose to live. Places that receive the highest and most reliable rainfall are often the most populated.
The long tail of the age distribution in the Census also shows that around 28,000 Australians were aged over 95 and about 3,000 were over 100 years old. Taken together, the average age of someone 65 or over is in fact 75.
Most of Australia's people live in the large core region in the east along the coast. This region extends from Brisbane to Adelaide and holds most of the country's population.