!!!Australia: People & Society ||Population|22,992,654 (July 2016 est.) ||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.) \\