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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.
Between 1996 and 2001, 61.9% of the population either moved to or from Canberra, which was the second highest mobility rate of any Australian capital city. [243] As at May 2017, 43% of ACT residents (25–64) had a level of educational attainment equal to at least a bachelor's degree, significantly higher that the national average of 31%. [244]
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.
At the 2021 census, the population of Canberra City was 4,835, including 50 (1.0%) Indigenous persons and 2,155 (44.6%) Australian-born persons. 99.6% of dwellings were flats, units or apartments (Australian average: 14.2%), while none were semi-detached, row or terrace houses (Australian average: 12.6%) or separate houses (compared to the ...
The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that the population of the territory was 453,324 on 31 December 2021, with an annual growth in 2021 of 0.4%. [13] A 2019 projection estimated the population would reach to approximately 700,000 by 2058. [90] [91] The overwhelming majority of the population reside in the city of Canberra. [13]
Canberra's population. Wartime conditions emphasised the need for an airport. On 1 April 1940, a military air base, RAAF Station Canberra, was established on a flat plain between Canberra and Queanbeyan.
The two subdivisions combined form the district of Canberra Central and share Civic as their central commercial area. It is one of the oldest parts of Canberra and is built in part in accordance to Walter Burley Griffin's designs. According to the 2021 census, South Canberra's population was 31,592. [1]
The first families moved to the suburb of Red Hill in 1927 and by 1933 the suburb had a population of 132 people. Its population peaked in 1971 with 4,100 residents. At the 2021 census, Red Hill had a population of 3,146, [12] little changed from its population of 3,170 in 2016, [13] 3,249 in 2011 [14] and 3,143 in 2006 [15] and 3,062 in 2001. [16]