Gnowangerup has been crowned the booziest town in Australia, with one-third of its adult residents necking two or more alcoholic drinks every day.
The drunkest city in the United States is Green Bay, Wisconsin. Approximately 26.5% of adults drink to excess. 50.5% of driving deaths in Green Bay involve alcohol.
Australians aged 18-24 years generally consume more standard drinks on a day they drink than any other age group. Those aged 70+ years are most likely to have 2 or less standard drinks per occasion.
Looking at the amount of alcohol consumed per person aged 15 years or older, the Seychelles is in first place with around 20.5 litres of alcohol drunk per person per year, according to Our World in Data; studies show that young male peer groups primarily drink high amounts of alcohol in the Seychelles.
In terms of alcohol consumption per capita, Utah has the lowest rate of only 17.7 gallons consumed per person. This is followed closely by Maryland at 25.4 gallons and Idaho at 26.5 gallons per capita.
Local government areas in Western Australia's (WA) beachside are consuming the most alcohol, with rates almost double the national average. Byron Shire Council in New South Wales (NSW) had the nation's highest rate of risky drinking, but some areas of NSW also had some of the lowest rates in the country.
In a 2020 survey conducted in Australia about the profile of craft beer drinkers, 27 percent of respondents were from New South Wales. Around the same share were located in Victoria while less than one percent were in the Northern Territory.
The Espresso Martini has come out on top as Australia's most popular cocktail according to new research by soft drink and mixer producer Fentimans.
The Global Drug Survey has crowned Australians as the heaviest drinkers in the world in 2020.
The city with the lowest number of non-drinker is Boise, ID with 16,363, which was also a surprise to us. There is a large percentage of people who don't drink alcohol in the United States.
Australia was above the OECD average for litres per capita of alcohol available for consumption by people aged 15 and over, at 9.5 compared with 8.4 litres per capita in 2021 (OECD 2022).
So there we have it, Tasmania romps home with over 54 pubs per 100,000 population.
While there is no state-level prohibition, over 100 places in the Northern Territory are "dry areas" with complete alcohol bans.
This concentration was observed when analysing larger cohorts - the heaviest drinking 10% of the Australian population drank 54.1% of all alcohol consumed, and the heaviest drinking 20% of the Australian population accounted for 75.1% of all alcohol consumed.
Beginning in 1864, Carlton Draught was founded in Carlton, Victoria, and most likely known as the brand behind the 'It's a Big Ad' marketing campaign from a few years ago. It's also been labelled the official beer of the AFL, and is still manufactured in Victoria.
The figures released by the World Health Organisation show Australians drink more pure alcohol per year than Americans, Canadians and the Japanese. “Australians drink 10.6 litres of pure alcohol each year, much higher than the global average of 6.4 litres,” according to the authors of the report.
The results from 2021 beer sales in-store have shown a seismic shift in Australia's beer market since 2016, as Australians are opting for a low or zero alcohol beer, with Great Northern super crisp taking the most popular spot.
Approximately 84 per cent of Australians drink alcohol at least once in a 12-month period, compared to 83.9 per cent in the UK and 68.9 per cent in the US.
Australia's national alcohol guidelines use the 'standard drink' as a measure of alcohol consumed. One standard drink is defined as containing 10 grams of alcohol. The number of standard drinks in a serving of alcohol varies between type, size, brand, packaged or poured drinks.
Australians have been named the heaviest drinkers in the world in a survey after spending more time drunk in 2020 than any other nation.
The most sober state in the country is Utah, where 11.9% of the population report drinking excessively. Oklahoma was 49th with 14.5%. Alabama ranked as the 48th most sober state with 14.8% of adults reporting drinking excessively.
The top 10 countries that consume the least alcohol across the WHO European Region are Tajikistan (0.9 litres), Azerbaijan (1.0), Turkey (1.8), Uzbekistan (2.6), Turkmenistan (3.1), Israel (4.4), Armenia (4.7), Kazakhstan (5.0), Albania (6.8), and North Macedonia (6.4).
There are many factors that contribute to alcohol and drug use in rural and remote regions, including: high unemployment – particularly among youth. lower income and education levels. affordability and quality of housing.