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Canberra is Australia's capital and its largest inland city. At the 2021 census, it had 452,670 residents. [1] This amounted to 1.8% of Australia's population. At the 2021 census, 32.5% of Canberra's population were born overseas, a large majority of which were born in Asia and Europe.
At the 2021 census, the population of Canberra was 453,558, [240] up from 395,790 at the 2016 census, [241] and 355,596 at the 2011 census. [242] Canberra has been the fastest-growing city in Australia in recent years, having grown 23.3% from 2011 to 2021. [240] Canberrans are relatively young, highly mobile and well educated.
The populations of the central local government areas in other capitals are relatively small. As of June 2020, Darwin had a population of 82,030, Hobart 55,250, Perth 30,971, and Adelaide 26,177. [150] Most Australian capital cities have suburban local government areas significantly larger in population than the central local government area.
State and territory capitals of Australia State/territory Capital City population [2] State/territory population [3] Percentage of state/territory population in capital city Established Capital since Image New South Wales: Sydney: 5,029,768 7,759,274 64.82% 1788 1788 Victoria: Melbourne: 4,725,316 6,179,249 76.47% 1835 1851 Queensland: Brisbane ...
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938, is an internal territory of Australia. Canberra, the capital city of Australia, is situated within the territory, and is the territory's primate city. It is located in southeastern Australian mainland as an enclave surrounded by the state of New South ...
The Australian National University campus covers most of the suburb, though also located in Acton is the National Film and Sound Archive, a branch of the CSIRO and the National Museum of Australia. At the 2021 census Acton had a population of 2,848 people, [1] mostly students living at the Australian National University.
Today, Australia has the world's eighth-largest immigrant population, with immigrants accounting for 30% of the population, the highest proportion among major Western nations. [ 367 ] [ 368 ] In 2022–23, 212,789 permanent migrants were admitted to Australia, with a net migration population gain of 518,000 people inclusive of non-permanent ...
Campbell is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Covering an area to the South East of the central business district, Campbell sits at the base of Mount Ainslie and is bounded to the south east by the Mount Pleasant Nature Reserve. At the 2021 census, Campbell had a population of 6,564 people. [1]