Population and Economics

New population data proves Australia is growing for broke.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals that Australia’s population expanded by 392,700 in the year to 30 March 2026, 292,100 of which from net oversees migration, lifting population towards 28 million, which was passed in early June 2026. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) observes that Australia’s infrastructure and natural environment remain under severe, worsening pressure

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New ABS data shows Albanese government continues to fail promises to rein in population growth

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that Australia’s population expanded by 412,500 in the 12 months to December 2025.  73% was due to Net Overseas Migration (NOM). https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/national-state-and-territory-population/dec-2025 Over the 245 days to 2 June ’26, Australia’s resident population expanded by 275,256 or 1,124 per day to hit 28 million, an annualised growth

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Australia needs a compassionate and practical plan for 77,700 visa overstayers

Sustainable Population Australia is calling on the Federal Government to substantially expand and promote assisted voluntary return for people living in Australia after their visas have expired. The Department of Home Affairs estimated that 77,700 unlawful non-citizens were living in Australia as of 30 June 2025, excluding people already in held or community detention. Yet

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Skill shortages in 691 occupations are an embarrassing myth for Australia.

  Australia must match skilled immigration visa allocations with actual job offers, says Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). No job – no visa. An embarrassing, government skilled migration jobs list, hilariously includes jobs for which there are no noted vacancies, such as: blacksmith, acupuncturist, actor, singer and archaeologist and occupations that are arguably, low skill, like:

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Australia’s total population well above ABS data

  Australia’s population could be a million more than estimated, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), taking Australia’s current population to over 29 million. By failing to recognise temporary visitors in total population figures, government agencies may be systematically under-provisioning for the number of actual residents in Australia. The Usual Residence definition that underpins the

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ABS data demonstrates that Federal Government does not have a population plan

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that Australia’s Population growth in the year to June 2025 quarter was 420,000, up from 418,705 in the 12 months to March 2025. From September 2021 to June 2025 Australia’s estimated resident population has expanded by 1.91 million, of which 78.2 per cent or 1.49 million resulted

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Unprecedented population expansion lifts Australia’s housing costs.

Property data organisation Cotality, tallies Australian property price rises averaging 7.5 per cent nationwide, and 13.1 per cent in Perth, over the year to November 2025.  Source: https://www.cotality.com/au/insights/articles/housing-growth-eases-as-affordability-and-rates-loom-large Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that Australia must stabilise its population to ease the pressure on housing costs, effective through reducing Net Overseas Immigration (NOM) to 70,000

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Expert Alert: New report from Sustainable Population Australia offers six great solutions to immigration.

  Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) offers practical policy measures that can slow migration to manageable numbers, ultimately stabilising Australia’s population below 30 million.  These are available to read in a brand new report ‘6 Great Immigration Solutions’. This report provides logical and concise rationale in informing better policy on the critical issues of immigration and

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