Population and Demographics

An abandoned school in Parramatta earmarked for new housing should be converted into a new school to service the area's booming population and avoid overcrowded schools, locals say. 

More than 18,000 people are expected to move to SA's Limestone Coast in the next 25 years, but local leaders say a mountain of work needs to be done. 

Gen Z and millennials will outnumber Baby Boomers on polling day. What do we know about their political beliefs?

Political reporter Claudia Long takes a closer look at the seismic shift in demographics for Australian politics.

The top 10 happiest countries have been announced, with some nations ranking for the first time. 

Unlike the breeders of my generation, many parents today are highly involved in their children's lives and the clear majority of them, and their children, are very happy about it.

When it comes to the battle of the sexes, new data shows women are still fighting much harder than men on the home front. Here's how some households split their chores.

Australian businesses in the clean energy sector are being urged to shake up their recruitment processes as a report finds a diverse workforce is needed to fill employment gaps.

The HILDA report is a body of work that has surveyed 9,000 Australian households every year, for the last 22 years. Here's what they say has changed.

Policy efforts to incentivise companies and Koreans to embrace parenthood have started to pay off — but not for everyone

The doors have opened to two new public schools in Tasmania — and the report cards are positive on day one.

NSW will have nearly a million more people by 2034 and most of them will be living in Sydney, with no suburbs spared an increase. How the city copes with this uplift in population depends on its ability to use innovative housing and healthier transport, experts say.

LGBTI+ advocates say the data can help inform government decisions about Australia's sex- and gender-diverse community.

A small farming town in regional WA is bucking the trend of shrinking populations. Tambellup has seen an 8 per cent increase in the past 12 months as cheap house prices lure more people to the arid countryside.

Energy projects in WA's Pilbara are predicted to drive population up 35 per cent by 2030, triggering concerns about spiralling housing costs and worsening service availability.

All states and territories experienced population growth during the past 12 months, some much faster than others.

Americans unhappy with the US election result are being encouraged to move to Italy. But will anyone take up the offer?

The era of Baby Boomers as the dominant voting force in Australian politics is at an end and the impact will play out at the next federal election. If you listen carefully, you can already hear that politicians know the power and numbers have shifted to younger people.

The number of people dreaming of an escape to the country has doubled over the last 18 months. But experts are concerned the infrastructure isn't ready for it.

There are many problems with Australia's migration system. Climate change will cause more.