Population Stats- because we all love them

1. Australia hit 12m in 1968 and has doubled since then to hit 24m in 2016.

Over the 48 years from 1968 to 2016 Australia’s population increased by 12 million. Over the previous 48 years (1920 to 1968) the population increased by just 6.5 million.

2. More people live in the three cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane today than lived in the whole nation in 1968.

3. More than one in three Australians (8.6 million) have seen the population of the nation double in their lifetime.

4. In the time that Australia’s population has doubled, (1968 to 2016), Tasmania has only increased by one-third (36 per cent) while the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory have increased more than two and a half times (252 per cent and 263 per cent respectively).

5. In 1968, there were 83,807 more males than females while today there are 121,292 more females than males.

6. Twenty-nine per cent of the population in 1968 was aged 0-14 compared to under 19 per cent of the population today, however there are still one million more under 15s today than then.

7. In the time the population has doubled, the number of Australians aged over 65 has more than tripled from 8.4 per cent of the population (1,014,000) to today’s 15 per cent of the population (3,569,556).

8. The rate of marriages has dropped by over 40 per cent since 1968 from 8.8 per 1000 population to 5.2 today. However there are around 20,000 more marriages annually than the 106,000 seen in 1968.

9. The total birthrate has decreased by a quarter since 1968, from an average of 2.34 births per woman to 1.8 today. However with a population twice as large there are far more births today, exceeding 300,000 annually compared to 240,906 in 1968.

10. The death rate has dropped by almost 30 per cent since 1968 and life expectancy has increased by 13.2 years for males and 10.9 years for females to now exceed 80 for males and 85 for females.

11. Standard variable interest rates were exactly the same in 1968 as today, at 5.4 per cent while inflation was slightly higher (2.6 per cent) compared to today (1.5 per cent).

12. The male average hourly wage was $1.22 and the weekly full time wage was $48.93 which in today’s dollars is $567. The current average weekly full time earnings is almost three times this at $1,484.50.

13. Back then, one Australian dollar bought $US1.11 compared to $US0.73 today.

14. The maximum marginal tax rate was much higher at 68.4 per cent on $32,000 and over, while for the 2015-16 financial year it is 45 per cent on $180,000 and over. The tax free threshold has also increased from $416 ($4,800 in today’s dollars) to $18,200 today.

15. The company tax rate was 40 per cent for private companies and 45 per cent for public companies while for the 2015-16 year it is 30 per cent and 28.5 per cent for small businesses.

16. While our population is twice as large, our economy is five times the size it was in 1968. Back then Australia’s GDP was $28,817 million ($334,072m in today’s dollars) while for the 2014-15 financial year was $1,619,195m.

17. Men are participating in the workforce much less (male participation rate has dropped from 83.7 per cent to 70.8 per cent) while women are participating much more (up from 37.7 per cent to 59.6 per cent).

18. Homes cost five times more. The median Sydney house price was around $18,000 (in today’s dollars this equates to $195,300) compared to the current Sydney median house price which exceeds $1 million.

19. But milk, butter and potatoes cost less today.

20. John Farnham’s Sadie the Cleaning Lady was the top song for five weeks and 1968 was the year that Hugh Jackman and Kylie Minogue were born.

21. The postage rate in 1968 was five cents for a standard letter compared to $1 today. Most suburbs had twice-daily delivery service compared to the current three-day delivery times.

22. In the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Australia bagged five gold medals (17 in total) compared to an AOC target of 13 gold medals (and 37 in total) for Rio in 2016.

I didn’t know Kylie Minogue and Hugh Jackman are the same age.

Divine Angel said:

I didn’t know Kylie Minogue and Hugh Jackman are the same age.

She’s been around a long time in the entertainment industry. Think she started on Johnny Young’s Young Talent time.

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

I didn’t know Kylie Minogue and Hugh Jackman are the same age.

She’s been around a long time in the entertainment industry. Think she started on Johnny Young’s Young Talent time.

Which one did you think was older?

dv said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

I didn’t know Kylie Minogue and Hugh Jackman are the same age.

She’s been around a long time in the entertainment industry. Think she started on Johnny Young’s Young Talent time.

Which one did you think was older?

She is older than Danni.

Dannii Minogue was on Young Talent Time, Kylie was on Neighbours. Kylie did jump to YTT and sing with Dannii a few times though, before releasing her first single Locomotion.

Divine Angel said:

Dannii Minogue was on Young Talent Time, Kylie was on Neighbours. Kylie did jump to YTT and sing with Dannii a few times though, before releasing her first single Locomotion.

I never watched neighbours.

Even those who’ve never watched Neighbours know this scene (4 min video)

Divine Angel said:

Even those who’ve never watched Neighbours know this scene (4 min video)

It was in the papers but didn’t interest me enough to read.

Divine Angel said:

Even those who’ve never watched Neighbours know this scene (4 min video)

i stopped watching after bouncer died…

Divine Angel said:

Even those who’ve never watched Neighbours know this scene (4 min video)

I’ve never watched Neighbours and I didn’t know that scene.

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Even those who’ve never watched Neighbours know this scene (4 min video)

I’ve never watched Neighbours and I didn’t know that scene.

Same here.

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Even those who’ve never watched Neighbours know this scene (4 min video)

I’ve never watched Neighbours and I didn’t know that scene.

I’m not surprised that you can’t remember the 1980s party animal that you are.

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

I’ve never watched Neighbours and I didn’t know that scene.

Same here.

You’re just not with it. Or were it.

Witty Rejoinder said:

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

I’ve never watched Neighbours and I didn’t know that scene.

Same here.

You’re just not with it. Or were it.

Probably true but it was my choice.

One thing that the opening post doesn’t highlight is that Australia remains remarkably underpopulated. The world has about 14 million sq km of arable land. Australia has 0.5 million sq km so we’d hope to have 3.6% of the world’s population about 260 million. On the other hand Australia receives about 4.2% of the world’s rainfall so on the basis of water resources the population should be about 310 million. Either way it has to increase by about an order of magnitude.

Instead, Australia is going backwards. In 1960 the Australian population was 0.34% of the total. It has since falled to 0.31%. What can we do to prevent Australia from falling even further behind?

dv said:

One thing that the opening post doesn’t highlight is that Australia remains remarkably underpopulated. The world has about 14 million sq km of arable land. Australia has 0.5 million sq km so we’d hope to have 3.6% of the world’s population about 260 million. On the other hand Australia receives about 4.2% of the world’s rainfall so on the basis of water resources the population should be about 310 million. Either way it has to increase by about an order of magnitude.

Instead, Australia is going backwards. In 1960 the Australian population was 0.34% of the total. It has since falled to 0.31%. What can we do to prevent Australia from falling even further behind?

That nice Mr Costello tried to address this and was laughed at.

shakes head

• What can we do to prevent Australia from falling even further behind?

Ban contraception?

Populate, or perish.

Beware the yellow peril.

dv said:

What can we do to prevent Australia from falling even further behind?

Special Economic Zones in northern Australia with large-scale immigration encouraged.

Witty Rejoinder said:

dv said:

What can we do to prevent Australia from falling even further behind?

Special Economic Zones in northern Australia with large-scale immigration encouraged.

They used to do that with some sort of income tax exemptions or something.

Witty Rejoinder said:

dv said:

What can we do to prevent Australia from falling even further behind?

Special Economic Zones in northern Australia with large-scale immigration encouraged.

What about a Multifunction Polis based around Adelaide…a certain winner.

sibeen said:

What about a Multifunction Polis based around Adelaide…a certain winner.

Isn’t that already in existence under the name of ‘South Australia’?

Sort of a deep, dark hole from which cries for assistance emerge, assuaged only by dumping truckloads of federal money into it.

captain_spalding said:

Sort of a deep, dark hole from which cries for assistance emerge, assuaged only by dumping truckloads of federal money into it.

And wines. You forgot about the wines.

Rule 303 said:

captain_spalding said:

Sort of a deep, dark hole from which cries for assistance emerge, assuaged only by dumping truckloads of federal money into it.

And wines. You forgot about the wines.

Yes, there’s lots of whines, too.

captain_spalding said:

Populate, or perish.

Beware the yellow peril.

Fkn minions

sibeen said:

dv said:

One thing that the opening post doesn’t highlight is that Australia remains remarkably underpopulated. The world has about 14 million sq km of arable land. Australia has 0.5 million sq km so we’d hope to have 3.6% of the world’s population about 260 million. On the other hand Australia receives about 4.2% of the world’s rainfall so on the basis of water resources the population should be about 310 million. Either way it has to increase by about an order of magnitude.

Instead, Australia is going backwards. In 1960 the Australian population was 0.34% of the total. It has since falled to 0.31%. What can we do to prevent Australia from falling even further behind?

That nice Mr Costello tried to address this and was laughed at.

shakes head

I remember his slogan “Fuck for your lives, softcocks”

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Even those who’ve never watched Neighbours know this scene (4 min video)

I’ve never watched Neighbours and I didn’t know that scene.

Same here, it’s missing from my ocker cultural education.
I’ve also not seen The Adventures of Barry Mackenzie.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Even those who’ve never watched Neighbours know this scene (4 min video)

I’ve never watched Neighbours and I didn’t know that scene.

Same here, it’s missing from my ocker cultural education.
I’ve also not seen The Adventures of Barry Mackenzie.

same here.

I haven’t watched Neighbours (ever) because i was able to overpower the bloke who was holding the gun t my head, and say “no, i won’t, so there”.

captain_spalding said:

I haven’t watched Neighbours (ever) because i was able to overpower the bloke who was holding the gun t my head, and say “no, i won’t, so there”.

nobody held a gun to my head.

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

I haven’t watched Neighbours (ever) because i was able to overpower the bloke who was holding the gun t my head, and say “no, i won’t, so there”.

nobody held a gun to my head.

Well, you were next on his list. Good thing for you that i neutralised him.

I think i’ll go and watch that absurd ‘Mysterious Islands’ move on the teev.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

I haven’t watched Neighbours (ever) because i was able to overpower the bloke who was holding the gun t my head, and say “no, i won’t, so there”.

nobody held a gun to my head.

Well, you were next on his list. Good thing for you that i neutralised him.

ta muchly. :)

furious said:

• What can we do to prevent Australia from falling even further behind?

Ban contraception?

bring in 20 million jihadists to help with diversity

australia is a brand name now with a government that despises the population ( the old penal colony attitude).

throw in a few free trade agreements , wholesale land buying and Australia is somewhere that someone else owns

don’t bother waving the flag on Australia , it doesn’t exist and the government hates you

wookiemeister said:

australia is a brand name now with a government that despises the population ( the old penal colony attitude).

throw in a few free trade agreements , wholesale land buying and Australia is somewhere that someone else owns

don’t bother waving the flag on Australia , it doesn’t exist and the government hates you

And fuckem too rsoles

bob(from black rock) said:

wookiemeister said:

australia is a brand name now with a government that despises the population ( the old penal colony attitude).

throw in a few free trade agreements , wholesale land buying and Australia is somewhere that someone else owns

don’t bother waving the flag on Australia , it doesn’t exist and the government hates you

And fuckem too rsoles

I just put things into perspective and gave up believing in the lies

any country that hands over its land to foreign powers is an enemy to its own people. as sun tzu says – land is the essence of the state . the government advisors that told their ruler to hand over land to another state had their heads chopped off. sun tzu suggests that the fifth columns markings will be government advisors and ministers allowing purchases of land and resources .

the whole Australia Day thing is to keep the natives quiet and occupied whilst your gremlins set to work undermining the fabric of the state

I ignore such “days”

dv said:

It has since falled to 0.31%. What can we do to prevent Australia from falling even further behind?

Increase immigration, attacking the problem from both ends.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

It has since falled to 0.31%. What can we do to prevent Australia from falling even further behind?

Increase immigration, attacking the problem from both ends.

we could take 20 million Syrian refugees

of course we’d need to separate Australia into countries

> Population Stats- because we all love them

I love them too. I was just looking at the mortality statistics for 1937 the other day. That was interesting too.

mollwollfumble said:

> Population Stats- because we all love them

I love them too. I was just looking at the mortality statistics for 1937 the other day. That was interesting too.

in what way? just before WWII and still feeling the affects of WWI. Children born during or after WWI would have been greatly affected by their mothers nutritional restrictions, no doubt having an affect on their longevity…