Australia: People & Society#
| Population | 22,992,654 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Australian(s) adjective: Australian |
| Ethnic groups | English 25.9%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.4%, Italian 3.3%, German 3.2%, Chinese 3.1%, Indian 1.4%, Greek 1.4%, Dutch 1.2%, other 15.8% (includes Australian aboriginal .5%), unspecified 5.4% note: data represents self-identified ancestry, over a third of respondents reported two ancestries (2011 est.) |
| Languages | English 76.8%, Mandarin 1.6%, Italian 1.4%, Arabic 1.3%, Greek 1.2%, Cantonese 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.1%, other 10.4%, unspecified 5% (2011 est.) |
| Religions | Protestant 30.1% (Anglican 17.1%, Uniting Church 5.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%, Baptist, 1.6%, Lutheran 1.2%, Pentecostal 1.1%, other Protestant 1.3%), Catholic 25.3% (Roman Catholic 25.1%, other Catholic 0.2%), other Christian 2.9%, Orthodox 2.8%, Buddhist 2.5%, Muslim 2.2%, Hindu 1.3%, other 1.3%, none 22.3%, unspecified 9.3% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 17.84% (male 2,105,433/female 1,997,433) 15-24 years: 12.96% (male 1,528,993/female 1,451,340) 25-54 years: 41.55% (male 4,862,591/female 4,691,975) 55-64 years: 11.82% (male 1,347,780/female 1,369,501) 65 years and over: 15.82% (male 1,684,339/female 1,953,269) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 50.9% youth dependency ratio: 28.2% elderly dependency ratio: 22.7% potential support ratio: 4.4% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 38.6 years male: 37.8 years female: 39.4 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.05% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 12.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 5.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 89.4% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 1.47% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | Sydney 4.505 million; Melbourne 4.203 million; Brisbane 2.202 million; Perth 1.861 million; Adelaide 1.256 million; CANBERRA (capital) 423,000 (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 30.5 (2006 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.2 years male: 79.8 years female: 84.8 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.77 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 72.3% note: percent of women aged 18-44 (2005) |
| Health expenditures | 9.4% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 3.27 physicians/1,000 population (2011) |
| Hospital bed density | 3.9 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.16% (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 26,900 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 200 (2015 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 29.9% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 0.2% (2007) |
| Education expenditures | 5.3% of GDP (2013) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 20 years male: 20 years female: 21 years (2013) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 13.3% male: 14.1% female: 12.5% (2014 est.) |