Local Government Areas were grouped according to Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) Remoteness categories on the basis of Accessibility/Remoteness Index for Australia (ARIA+ version) score. Population estimates as at 30 June each year. Where a bar does not have a segment for 2025, the number of people in that category is predicted to decrease by 2025. The predicted number is shown as a lighter coloured line on the overlying 2005 bar. Population components may not add exactly due to rounding.
Source:
Accessibility/Remoteness Index for Australia (ARIA+ version) and Population estimates from the Transport Population Data Centre, Department of Planning (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.
In 2001, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) applied the Access/Remoteness Index of Australia Plus (ARIA+) methodology (GISCA) to define ASGC Remoteness Areas (ABS, 2003). The ASGC Remoteness Areas are: Major cities, inner regional, outer regional, remote, and very remote.
In inner and outer regional Local Government Areas (LGA) as classified by ARIA+, the estimated residential population in 2005 (based on data collected in the 2001 Census) was 1886358. By 2025 it is projected that the population of inner and outer regional LGAs will be approximately 2135393. This represents an average annual increase of 0.62% on the 2005 population.
In remote and very remote LGAs as classified by ARIA+, the estimated residential population in 2005 (based on data collected in the 2001 Census) was 46144. By 2025 it is projected that the population of remote and very remote LGAs will be approximately 40954. This represents an average annual decrease of 0.59% on the 2005 population.
In 2005, the 10-14 year age group comprised the largest percentage of the total population in inner and outer regional LGAs. By 2025, the 60-64 year age group will comprise the largest percentage of the total population.
In 2005, the 5-9 year age group comprised the largest percentage of the total population in remote and very remote LGAs. By 2025, the 60-64 year age group will comprise the largest percentage of the total population.
Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGC Remoteness Classification: Purpose and Use Census Paper No. 03/01 2003. Available at www.abs.gov.au
New South Wales Department of Planning, Transport and Population Data Centre. New South Wales State and Regional Population Projections 2001-2051. 2005 release.
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