As of 2017, according to official Federal government statistics, what was the fastest growing area in Australia?

The Australian Bureau of Statistics, a Federal government body, has released the 2017 population estimates for Local Government and other smaller geographic areas. These are current for June 30th, 2017, and represent the first population update after the 2016 Census. The statistics are updated every year, and then they are revised after the next Census (in this case that’s not until 2021).

The headlines are mainly about Melbourne and Sydney, both continuing to grow strongly, with Melbourne adding 125,000 people, to reach 4.85 million, and Sydney 101,000, to reach 5.13 million. There’s not a lot between them now, and, at this rate, Melbourne will overtake Sydney in another 10 years, to become Australia’s largest city.

At a local level, the fastest growing Local Government Area in the 2016-17 year was Camden Council in NSW, adding 8.4% (almost 7,000 people), followed by the City of Melbourne. The inner city area of Melbourne added 8.1% – almost 12,000 people – in one year, due to an apartment boom.

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Joy Holbrook

fbq, why would you say that? Is it because the question isn't about the US? We Aussies have to put up with 95% American questions, so I think the odd question about somewhere else is fair.

gotodude

I loved the question because I am an American living in the Camden council area of New South Wales Australia 🇦🇺.

Leapy Lee

Fastest growing pertains to a quantity (and not a percentage!), you have given a percentage as an answer. Therefore the question is incorrectly worded.

Thomas Begeng

I think the question and answer are fair enough but should have explicitly asked who has the fastest growth RATE in Australia I think most people would assume rate not absolute value in this context - to be fair Camden is the only correct answer on the list - if it was assumed that the question was asking for an absolute value then Casey LGA (not one of the listed options) would be correct as it grew / added more people than Melbourne (13,859 v Melbourne's 11,953)