Population data and projections
An understanding of population growth and demographic change is essential to strategic infrastructure and service planning undertaken by government agencies and a wide variety of private sector organisations across New South Wales. The Department undertakes research into population change in the State and produces population projections data and a range of reports.
The Department of Planning, in consultation with the Population Projections Group, is responsible for producing the official New South Wales population projections for State government planning purposes. Projections are first produced at a State and regional level then developed for each statistical local area within each region.
The following information is available on the Population Projections Page:
State and regional projections
Statistical local area projections