The 1.9% increase to a total of 26.3m is down to more overseas students and temporary workers, but experts say the rise will flatten out
Australia’s population grew at its fastest rate in more than 13 years in 2022, in part due to a post-pandemic migration boom.
But while the figures are significant, demographer Dr Elin Charles-Edwards warned that a large portion of the migrants were only in Australia temporarily to address critical labour shortages and the numbers would fall over the coming years.
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