The 2022-23 population update figures (Estimated Resident Population) have just been released by the ABS. This happens around the end of March every year but is particularly eagerly awaited this year, as we already knew from the state and national ERP released just before Christmas, that in the year to June, Australia piled on an…
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The ABS has just released data on the number of babies born in Australia in 2022, and the associated fertility rate. The 2022 calendar year saw 300,684 births registered Australia-wide, which was a decline of just over 9,000 from 2021, and about 15,000 below the peak recorded in 2018 of 315,147 – the largest number…