Melbourne

Contents: Major Urban Area

The population development of Melbourne as well as related information and services (weather, Wikipedia, Google, images).

Name	Population Census 2001-08-07	Population Census 2006-08-08	Population Census 2011-08-09	Population Census 2016-08-09	Population Census 2021-08-11
Melbourne (incl. Pakenham)	3,158,526	3,407,945	3,743,080	4,197,534	4,585,537	→

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (web).

Explanation: Different methods of counting and boundaries changes impair the comparability between population figures of different censuses. The 2021 figures refer to 2021 boundaries.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	2,255,791
Females	2,329,751

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	974,368
18-64 years	2,922,817
65+ years	688,356

Age Distribution (C 2021)
90+ years	38,025
80-89 years	149,630
70-79 years	302,842
60-69 years	429,958
50-59 years	543,586
40-49 years	616,972
30-39 years	754,639
20-29 years	672,915
10-19 years	524,888
0-9 years	552,086

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Australia	2,696,611
Other country	1,692,930

Language (C 2021)
English	2,734,902
Other language	1,633,150

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Indigenous	28,330
Non-Indigenous	4,377,570

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	1,833,000
Muslim	251,654
Buddhist	187,223
Hindu	198,130
Jew	45,440
Other religion / belief	96,185
Secular / no religion	1,692,058

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