Population to hit 30m by 2030

AUSTRALIA could add five million people in the next 11 years, statistics show.

The country’s population is projected to reach 30 million between 2029 and 2033, the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed yesterday.

ABS demography director Anthony Grubb says the population could advance by five million in a quicker time than it did from 20 to 25 million. Pushing ahead to 35 million could happen in 20 years’ time, while the highest possible projection for 2066 has the population at 49 million.

“Australia could add a further 10 million to our current 25 million by the year 2043,” Mr Grubb said.

“However, under our higher range of fertility, mortality and at four weeks old, Zander’s condition causes his skull’s suture line to fuse all the way down his head.

While the happy and bubbly baby has been meeting his milestones, together with Mum Bree and Dad Andrew, Zander will need to relocate to Adelaide next month ahead of his surgery with the Australian migration assumptions, the population would reach 35 million five years earlier in 2038.”

The release of the figures coincides with Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s plans to slash Australia’s immigration cap.

Mr Morrison wants move migrants to regional areas to avoid overcrowding in Melbourne and Sydney.

But the ABS figures suggest the percentage of people living in major cities will only rise.

Melbourne could jump to Craniofacial Unit at the Women and Children’s Hospital.

To ensure financial stability for the trip, the couple recently sold their house and moved in with relatives.

Inspired by the couple’s dedication to their son, friends at North Geelong Cricket Club decided to 6.2 million people by 2027 and make up 79 per cent of the state’s population, while Sydney would hang on as Australia’s biggest city at 6.4 million.

But one projection has Melbourne toppling its northern metropolitan rival by 2031.

The projected population for Melbourne in 2066 is between 8.6 and 12.2 million, while Sydney’s would sit at 8.5 to 11.2 million.

Brisbane is set for a rise from 2.4 million to about three million by 2027. A breakdown into states and territories revealed Queensland could hit six million by 2027, up from 4.9 million. The ACT will almost have a population the equal of Tasmania in nine years’ time, with the gap to be cut to as few as 35,000. Modest jumps are predicted in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia. arrange Zander’s Day Out, with the aim of assisting the family with medical and relocation costs.

An all-stars match, which is rumoured to be featuring some high-profile cricketers, and a day of entertainment will take place at the cricket club on Sunday, December 16.

“They’ve done so well in putting it together,” Andrew said.

“The idea of Zander’s Day Out is perfect, he loves to ‘people watch’, there’s heaps for the kids and with the cricket on there’s something for the mums and dads too,” Bree said.

Read more about Zander’s story in tomorrow’s bumper 216-page issue of gt.

“Australia could add a further 10 million to our current 25 million by the year 2043.” ABS DEMOGRAPHY DIRECTOR ANTHONY GRUBB