Australia's population growth rate slows to 1.4 per cent
AUSTRALIA'S annual population growth rate slowed to 1.4 per cent for the year ending March 2011, according to preliminary figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
While the growth rate is equal to the average annual population growth rate for the past 30 years, it is down from a peak growth rate of 2.2 per cent in the year ending March 2009 and is the lowest growth since the year ending March 2006.
- Written by Urbanalyst