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Tasmania is planning for growth with a fresh population strategy, initiatives to tackle housing affordability, activate the Hobart CBD, and balance an ageing population. But the state is once again losing young people to mainland cities while it continues attracting retirees: Australia's oldest state is getting older.

We invite you to join us as we present our new forecasts for Tasmania and explore how demographics and land use policies will impact the demand for infrastructure and services in the State over the next 25 years.

Recent growth a spike, not a trend

The unprecedented growth rates Tasmania experienced between 2017 and 2020 have led to the current tensions in housing affordability and infrastructure planning. However, this growth rate has slowed during the pandemic, and recent migration data shows young people returning to mainland capital cities once again.

Deaths to exceed births within a decade

Natural increase (the net of births and deaths) is a component of population growth in all parts of Australia. However our forecasts show Tasmania will experience natural decrease within 10 years.

Tasmania is the oldest state in Australia, and its increasing popularity as a retirement destination means it is only getting older.

This ageing population means there are fewer women in the most fertile age groups. This factor, combined with declining fertility rates (women having fewer children), means deaths are forecast to outweigh births in Tasmania within ten years, making migration (either from inter-state or overseas) essential to balance the ageing population.

A continued decline in the school-aged population

The school-aged population (5-17 year-olds) of Tasmania has been steadily declining since the 1970s. And although we forecast a temporary increase over the next few years (linked to the recent recovery in overseas migration), the continuous departure of young adults to the mainland means there won't be as many young families forming in Tasmania, resulting in a further decline in the school-aged population in that state.

Not as many future housing connections

After a period of strong population growth, Tasmania is playing catchup with housing supply and infrastructure planners are preparing for a new growth paradigm. However, our forecasts show this level of growth and population pressure will not be sustained in the longer term.

Join us to hear the story for each region

These are some of the big-picture trends impacting Tasmania, but of course, they will not be felt equally in all regions of the state.

Join us to hear our a regional and localised analysis of the hotspots that will experience the most signficant changes in population and land use over the next 25 years.

Key findings

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National-level analysis

Tasmania's population is heavily influenced by national-level factors including overseas migration, the declining birth rate and mortality and increasing life expectancy. Read more about these important demographic assumptions that underpin our local-area work, and see how our forecasts for the nation compare to those from the Centre for Population.

Publicly accessible information tools

Within the presentation, we referred to a number of our other publicly-accessible information tools that that can enrich your understanding of local areas in Tasmania;

Community profile for Tasmania
Social atlas for Tasmania
Economic profile for Tasmania
National liveability survey
Housing monitors for Glenorchy and Hobart

Find this webinar recording and many other resources from our local area experts at any time in our Insights Hub.

How to use our forecasts in your work

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Hotspot demand report

Identify areas that will give your business a head start by identifying the locations where we forecast there will be population growth.

Self-serve catchment reports

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