Publication TypeResearch ReportAbstractPopulation figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on 20th September 2018 show that the total Estimated Resident Population of the Northern Territory stood at 246,688 at the end of March 2018. This is an increase of 306 people over one year earlier and represents a growth rate of 0.1%. The population of 246,688 gives the Territory just under a 1.0% share of the national population of 24,899,077.
The graph below illustrates how the Territory’s population has changed over recent years. Following strong increases to the middle of 2013, population growth has been modest in subsequent years. Over the quarter 1st January - 31st March 2018 population declined by an estimated 183 people.
The bar chart below shows how the Territory’s population growth rate over the year ending 31st March 2018 compares with that of the other States and Territories and Australia as a whole. The Territory’s population growth rate of 0.1% is the lowest of all jurisdictions, followed by South Australia at 0.7%. Victoria experienced the highest growth rate (2.2%).AuthorDr Tom WilsonDate2018Publication CollectionNorthern Institute Research Reports
Dr Tom Wilson, Territory Population Update - New Population Statistics for March 2018 (2018). Charles Darwin University, accessed 15/11/2024, https://digitalcollections.cdu.edu.au/nodes/view/4700