Centre for Population analysis of the Regional population publication from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Centre for Population analysis of the National, state and territory population publication from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

A summary of the composition of overseas migration by visa type, including a breakdown of overseas migrants by country of birth.

Centre for Population analysis of the National, state and territory population publication from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Centre for Population analysis of the National, state and territory population publication from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Centre for Population analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) rebasing of Australia’s population estimates using the 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

This note draws on two data releases published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics covering deaths in Australia in the period from 1 January to 31 March 2022 and the peak of the Omicron wave of COVID‑19: Provisional Mortality Statistics, January - March 2022 and COVID‑19 Mortality in Australia.

In the period from 1 January to 31 March 2022, there were 44,300 deaths in Australia. This was 14 per cent higher than in the same period in 2021, and 18 per cent above the historical average.

This note draws on data from Provisional Mortality Statistics, Jan 2020 – Dec 2021 and from Measuring Australia’s excess mortality during the COVID‑19 pandemic from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It covers the period when infections and deaths from the Delta variant were most prevalent. While the Omicron variant was first detected in Australia in November 2021, deaths from the virus have been highest in early 2022.

This release reveals the uneven distribution of COVID‑19 on Australia’s population.

In 2020‑21, the combined capital cities population declined for the first time on record.

Overall, this was driven by a large net outflow of overseas migrants from capital cities as well as increased internal migration from capital cities to regional areas.

Regional areas grew at a similar rate to the previous year. This was driven by record levels of internal migration.