Population Concentrated In Certain Areas, Not Diverse
While Australia is the 6th largest nation in the world in terms of estimated measurement, its population density is surprisingly low. According to Australia’s government statistics in June 2020, Australia’s population density is 3.3 people per square kilometer. Comparing this data to one of the largest nations like India which has a population density of 464 people per square kilometer, it’s easy to see that Australia’s population is growing.
However, in the biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne, the population density quite massive for local statistics but not really impressive to others.
- Melbourne has Australia’s highest population density at 22,400 people per square kilometer.
- Potts Point and Pyrmont have the second-highest population density in Australia at 16,700 and 16,500 people per square kilometer, respectively.
Still, for a big city, these numbers are still not high. Compared to other big cities, New York City has a population density of over 38,000 people per square kilometer.
To sum up all data above, Australia actually only has five major cities: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney, which included two out of every three Australians. As a result, Australia is one of the most urbanized countries in the world, with 90% of the population living in a small pack of populated metropolitan regions.
