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Australia's population and housing forecasts, region by region
Most forecasts tell you about a place. Ours tells you about a place in its context. We forecast the country's population from the top down and assess housing and development on the ground from the bottom up, then bring the two together, so the number for a suburb is connected to the number for its region, its state and the nation, and the reasoning is published at every level.
- Independent, and not commissioned by government
- Trusted by more than 500 organisations nationwide
- Covers every part of Australia, 15,000+ suburbs
- Fastest-changing places updated first
- Demographic drivers stated openly at every level
- Built from development assessed on the ground
- A named forecaster behind every region
Find a place
Search any suburb or place. We take you to the region that covers it.
Take it from the top
Every level has forecasts, published reasoning and a release version.
Your local area, in its regional and national context
Our forecasts go below suburb level, to small areas across every part of Australia. Each one is consistent with the regional, state and national forecasts above it, and they can be built up into any catchment you need, such as a school catchment, a retail trade area or a utility service area.
Suburb and place names appear in each regional analysis and in the search above, so you can find the region that covers your area. The small-area forecasts themselves are available through Placemaker or by talking to our consultants.
Recently updated
| Region | State | Version | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne – North West | Victoria | 2021.2024.3.1.1 | 06/10/2026 |
| Melbourne – South East | Victoria | 2021.2024.3.1.1 | 02/10/2026 |
| Riverina | New South Wales | 2021.2024.3.1.1 | 04/09/2026 |
| Sydney – North Sydney and Hornsby | New South Wales | 2021.2024.3.1.1 | 28/08/2026 |
| Central West | New South Wales | 2021.2024.3.1.1 | 13/08/2026 |
| Bunbury | Western Australia | 2021.2024.3.1.2 | 07/08/2026 |
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Browse every region
- New South Wales: the state forecast
- Capital Region
- Central Coast
- Central West
- Coffs Harbour – Grafton
- Far West and Orana
- Hunter Valley exc Newcastle
- Illawarra
- Mid North Coast
- Murray
- New England and North West
- Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
- Richmond – Tweed
- Riverina
- Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
- Sydney – Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury
- Sydney – Blacktown
- Sydney – City and Inner South
- Sydney – Eastern Suburbs
- Sydney – Inner South West
- Sydney – Inner West
- Sydney – North Sydney and Hornsby
- Sydney – Northern Beaches
- Sydney – Outer South West
- Sydney – Outer West and Blue Mountains
- Sydney – Parramatta
- Sydney – Ryde
- Sydney – South West
- Sydney – Sutherland
- Victoria: the state forecast
- Ballarat
- Bendigo
- Geelong
- Hume
- Latrobe – Gippsland
- Melbourne – Inner
- Melbourne – Inner East
- Melbourne – Inner South
- Melbourne – North East
- Melbourne – North West
- Melbourne – Outer East
- Melbourne – South East
- Melbourne – West
- Mornington Peninsula
- North West
- Shepparton
- Warrnambool and South West
- Queensland: the state forecast
- Brisbane – East
- Brisbane – North
- Brisbane – South
- Brisbane – West
- Brisbane Inner City
- Cairns
- Central Queensland
- Darling Downs – Maranoa
- Gold Coast
- Ipswich
- Logan – Beaudesert
- Mackay – Isaac – Whitsunday
- Moreton Bay – North
- Moreton Bay – South
- Queensland – Outback
- Sunshine Coast
- Toowoomba
- Townsville
- Wide Bay
500+
organisations across Australia trust Informed Decisions for data and insights
15,000+
suburbs forecast, covering every part of Australia
A named forecaster behind every region
Questions about a forecast go to the team who prepared it.
Forecasts for your exact area
Placemaker is our mapping and reporting platform. It gives you the population, housing and development forecast for any catchment you draw, down to single years and individual sites.