Talk:Demographics of Australia
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[edit] Current population
Formula for showing current population gives wrong result and needs correcting. 118.208.4.186 (talk) 11:34, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
- The population changes by ~919 people per day. The count is updated at 00:00Z every day and, at the moment, is only 30 people out, which is an acceptable error, especially given that it is only an estimate anyway. --AussieLegend (talk) 12:43, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Why does it say 23 million under the section "General Demographic statistics", but then everywhere else it's 22 million? Ashton 29 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:57, 17 February 2012 (UTC).
- The formula used for calculating the current population in the "General Demographic statistics" section was out of date but has now been corrected. --AussieLegend (talk) 09:31, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
[edit] Ethnicity Demographics Missing
Not sure if i'm just being blind... but where are the ethnicity breakdowns. They are approximately something like 90% European, 7% Asian and 3% Aboriginal... Is this information available anywhere and is it not included for a reason? I'd like to see a further breakdown, ie. 70% British Isles (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)- 10% Northern European etc. etc. Any ideas?118.209.24.221 (talk) 01:07, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
- The Australian Census does not collect 'ethnicity' data per se. It collects indigenous status (~2.6% Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander), 'country of birth' and 'ancestry' data, and those three are in the article. But 'ancestry' doesn't mean quite the same thing as 'ethnicity' to all respondents. (Note also that each person can indicate two different ancestries if they want.)
- From memory, I think the CIA World Factbook might have published figures similar to the ones you give above, but I'm not sure how credible they are - since there's no general collection of 'ethnicity' data it would be an educated guess at best. --GenericBob (talk) 14:36, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
