Geography Australia is both the smallest and oldest continent in the world, and it is the only country that is also a continent. [1] It is an island located between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, just south of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. At 2,941,299 square miles, Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world and only about 150,000 square miles (about the size of Montana) smaller than the continental United States. Its interior land is a flat and sparsely populated desert, but as you move outward the climate changes to grassland, subtropical, tropical, and even temperate in the southeastern region. [1] While more than 70% of Australia is arid, the rest includes a variety of rich environments including flood plains, …show more content…
Figure 2 – Australian population concentrations by region. Growth Every state had population growth between 2001 and 2011. Queensland recorded the largest growth (845,200 people), while Western Australia recorded the fastest growth (24%). The Northern Territory had the smallest growth, increasing by 33,600 people, while Tasmania and South Australia had the slowest growth (both 8.4%). [6] A key contributor to change in the distribution of Australia's population is internal migration. During 2009-2010, 331,400 people moved from one state or territory to another. This is an 8% drop from the same period one year earlier (359,900). [6] In 2009-2010, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania all recorded net interstate migration gains, while New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory had net interstate migration losses. Queensland has recorded positive net interstate migration for more than 30 years; in contrast, New South Wales has had net losses every year since 1978. However, any losses due to net interstate migration in 2009 were offset by growth due to natural increase (births minus deaths) and net overseas migration. [7] Age Distribution The life expectancy in Australia is among the highest in the world at 79.7 years. Over the past century life expectance has increased by 24 years. Below is the age structure for the country: [8] 0–14 years: 18.9% 15–64 years: 67.5% 65 years and over:
Australia is sixth largest country of the world with an area of 7,741,220 square kilometres , comparing with India as seventh largest country with an area of 9,596,877 square kilometres.
The Department of Immigration implemented a plan to increase Australia’s population by 150’000 people. 1 per
In 1788, when European settlement began, Australia’s Aboriginal population was about 400,000. Today, over 20 million people live here. Migration has been the main driver for this change. In New South Wales, four out of every ten people are either migrants or the children of migrants. Australia’s Immigration history has been colonised since the convicts arrived on the first fleet in 1788, where approximately 10 million settlers moved to Australia in order to start a new life. Many of these people are migrants who arrived in the 1850’s gold rushes, or to escape adverse conditions in their home country such as the industrial revolution that caused a mass controversy in 19th century Britain due to
Immigration can be defined as the action of individuals coming to live permanently or for a period in another country. With a forecasted population of 40 million by 2050 in Australia, the population growth in Australia remains at a steady rate of 1.6%. According to the Bureau of Statistics, each year, Australia's population increases about 350,000 where 190,000 of them are immigrants.
Sydney has the highest density city in Australia. The population reaches around 4.12 million. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and is the site of the first European colony in Australia. It is the central financial of Australia.
First, is wild life, Everyone loves wild life.There are animals like birds and marsupials. The kinds of birds are kookaburra, and emu.The next animal is the marsupials. There are animals you can’t even find in other places. One of the animal's name is called the platypus's,The kangaroo, and the koalas. There animals carry and keep care their babies. They they care for their kids when they are born.The babies have to stay in the mother's pouch until it is ready to leave. The baby kangaroo name is called a “Joey”.
Along with the Industrial Revolution, came more efficient and mechanised farming practices which resulted in less demand in agricultural workers. As employment opportunities in the rural areas of Britain declined, the towns were filled with those seeking work. These people saw life in Australia could benefit them more as they could possibly have an opportunity of doing well and another bonus they saw was that their money could go further in Australia than in Britain. They then moved to Australia to be able to start a new life, however it wasn’t easy to migrate to Australia. Due to the high fares and having to look for a new job and house is not easy at all.
The potential disadvantages of such a remarkable growth for Australia would be unknown environmental sustainability. Although Australia is a large continent with a population of 22 million, and has a relatively low population density with comparison to some other countries, it also features apparently sever environmental constraints. These constraints include very limited fresh water supplies, especially away from the eastern coastline, limited good soil for agricultural activities and our fragile environments which, in some cases have been badly degraded and have become unusable as a result of agricultural growth and irrigation. Another disadvantage would be he unauthorised migration migration of asylum seekers, this puts the people lives
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous urban city in Australia. It is located on Australia's south, east coast along the Tasman Sea. To the east of Sydney you will find the basin bordered by the Pacific Ocean. To the west is the Blue Mountains region in New South Wales. North of Sydney you will find the Hawkesbury River. South of Sydney is the Woronora Plateau. To see more information on Sydney’s location, see Image 1 below. Sydney is located on a submerging coastline, meaning the ocean level has risen and is flooding deep river valleys carved out in sandstone. There are more than seventy harbors and ocean beaches in Sydney including the famous Bondi Bay (Australian Government 2008). According to the
Australia being a federation of 6 states 2 territories with a commonwealth government. The population mostly concentrated on the eastern side of the continent. The total population of the continent is 24.13million with 10.3 % million of the expenditure on health care services in the year 2015-16. This increase in health ratio to GDP has mostly occurred due to increase in the prices of health centre than the cost of services provided.
Over 7.5 million people have left their countries to come to Australia. In NSW there was a total of 59,447 migrants in 2014-15. In Victoria there was 64,242 migrants that came in 2014-15.
New South Wales is 6817182, Victoria is 5128310, Queensland is 4094111, Australian Capital Territory is 445736, Northern Territory is 210674, South Australia is 1568204, Tasmania is 459922 and Western Australia is 2059045. But in 2001 to 2006, Queensland have a brightly change by increased 463298 people to 4094111 populations. Compare with other states in Australia, it is a significant rise in population growth rate with 12.76% respectively. All states and territories have a positive population growth over 3.7%. Bell, Wilson and Charles-Edwards (2011 p.) notes from 1950 to 2000, the net increase of population nearly by 220 000 people each year, two fifths which is a directly affected by international migration.
23.13 million people live in Australia and most people in Australia live near the coast and
Australia is country and continent that currently holds an estimated population of 23,873,501 (Abs.gov.au). Australia has eight states and territories with New South Wales currently the most populated at 7,565,500 and the Capital Territory currently the least populated at 387,600 (Abs.gov.au). The Australian population grew by 1.4% during the year ended 31 December 2014 with overseas migration making up14.8% of the overall population (Abs.gov.au), and all states and territories have shown a positive population growth also (Abs.gov.au). Generally, the average Australian life expectancy is 58.9 years and there is an average of 99 males per every 100 females throughout Australia (Abs.gov.au). According to ABS the average individual wage in 2013
In 2011, Australia’s population was 26% migrants compared to America’s, which was only 13% ("4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 2014"). Migration is essential to Australia’s population; in 2011, over 5 million migrants resided in Australia. Immigrants from England (over 1 million) and New Zealand (almost half a million) dominate Australia’s migrant community. Australia’s migrant population also includes large numbers of Chinese, Indian, Italian, and Vietnamese immigrants among many others. On average, most migrants stay in Australia for 20 years. Some migrants stay longer than others; European immigrants stay for over the average amount of years meanwhile Chinese and Indian