The NSW government has population demographics broken down by health areas. I am assuming AHS means Area Health Sector. The most interesting part of the graph is the 19-34 demographic which dips in the country regions, is flat in Sydney's north and west, and increases in the city's south and south-west. (more)
Political power in a market-state system comes through economic power; and the latter is heavily dependent upon population. Australia has twenty one million, and if it is to rival the political power of nations such as the UK, Germany and France it is going to have to increase its population. The Imagining Australia folks argue that forty million is easily achievable by 2050. (more)
From the ABS is the population statistics for the states. The 2007 stats haven't been released yet.
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