Melbourne's population is now estimated at 5,, In , the population of Melbourne was 1,, Melbourne has grown by 93, since , which represents a 1. These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
These estimates represent the Urban agglomeration of Melbourne, which typically includes Melbourne's population in addition to adjacent suburban areas. The results of the latest Australian census reported that the population of Melbourne in was 3,,; only just short of 4 million.
This makes Melbourne the second largest city in Australia , behind Sydney. The estimated total population of the Greater Melbourne Area in was standing at 4,,, as of the end of the month of June that year. The total area the Melbourne occupies covers a total of 9, The population density in the city comes to about residents living per square kilometer.
Melbourne is one of Australia's most diverse cities - Ten years ago the population centre of Victoria was a single-storey house in Sutherland Street, Hadfield. Credit: Jason South. A factory in an industrial estate is a strange setting for the state's population centre — a sort of "centre of gravity" around which the state's population is distributed. It's the place, as Melbourne University Professor Kevin O'Connor once told The Age , where, "if you run a business and you want to supply everyone in Melbourne, this is the best place to be".
Back in Coburg, though, the state's population centre, there isn't a single person in sight when The Age visits, only cars belting by in the rain. The factory has no signage on its barbed wire and mesh fencing, so I can't tell what is manufactured here hopefully not meth because I lost the ability to sprint when I fractured my ankle two years ago. I follow the perimeter fence to what might be an entrance of sorts, a door that says Sales and Enquiries.
But it's blocked off by a large pile of garbage bags. Eventually I do find the front office. Although this has been the historical focus of employment and key decision-making, growth across and around Melbourne has never been even, with a strong bias towards the eastern suburbs and Mornington Peninsula. By the early s this pattern had changed.
Zoned greenfield land in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs was becoming increasingly scarce, as State Government development restrictions in relation to the Dandenong Ranges, Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula began to bite. At the same time, new greenfield offerings in the Western and Northern suburbs in areas such as Point Cook, Caroline Springs and Craigieburn helped to shift the balance.
In addition, more development was occurring close to the CBD and inner suburbs, which was west and north of the demographic centre. Since , the demographic centre has been heading in a predominantly westerly and to a lesser degree to the northern direction. A big change in Melbourne since the early s has been the impetus for new residential development due to overseas migration especially tertiary students and skilled migrants. Housing decisions by external migrants are different to locals.
In the past, ethnic communities in Melbourne tended to spring up around migrant hostels. A look at the background of new development areas in places such as the Cities of Wyndham , Whittlesea or Hume shows a large share of emerging communities in Melbourne, including those from India, the Philippines, Iraq and Sri Lanka. Tags: balance of population centre of Melbourne demographic centre future population Melbourne population growth Victoria forecasts.
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