Estimated Resident Population Growth, Australia

Figure 1; Regional Population Growth, Australia, Table 1. Estimated Resident Population, Significant Urban Areas, Australia. Population growth is consistently heightened in the major capital cities of Australia, although there are periods when certain regional areas have a high rate of growth. Growth has overwhelmingly centered on the major cities, as shown in Figure 1: Areas of more than 20,000 population growth, 2003 to 2013. The high growth in peri-urban regions are contributing to the growth of the greater metropolitan areas of our major capital cities. Examples are Ellenbrook near Perth, the Sunshine and Gold Coasts near Brisbane, the Central Coast and Wollongong near Sydney and Melton near Melbourne. Figure 1 shows that in the period

Figure 2 shows that under the ABS’s, Australian Bureau of Statistics, central forecasts, Melbourne’s population would exceed Sydney’s before the year 2061 with a population of 8.6 million compared to Sydney’s 8.5 million. Brisbane’s population would overtake Sydney’s 2013 population by the year 2061. The smallest of the cities, Perth, would have an increase in population almost as great as Sydney’s, an increase of more than 3.5 million over that period. Brisbane would double its population in less than 50 years, Perth almost triple its population. Both Melbourne and Sydney would each have larger populations than all of Australia had in 1950, at the start of the post-WWII migration boom. Perth and Brisbane together would have almost the same population as Australia had 100 years before, in 1961. Figure 2: population projections, which include internal migration trends, suggest that in 2061 Australia’s four biggest cities would each have a larger population than Sydney currently has. Australia is mostly unprepared for an exploding population influx and challenges. However, there are signs and solutions that demonstrate Australia may be ready for the upcoming population

Road transport is the dominant mode of transportation around the world and a vital link that brings people and goods together. Understanding the demands for mobility and their impact on traffic growth is crucial for transport authorities everywhere. An approach for modelling traffic growth for each of the eight states and territories in Australia, and their capital cities is needed to ensure the balance of traffic control for future and current population growth. The DATA constructed allow an understanding of the forces underlying traffic growth in Australia. It also explores trends and the increase beyond time. The current research shows that the most likely long-term path for traffic congestion to grow at the same rate as population. But in the short term there will be moderating influences associated with fuel prices, unemployment, and recovery from the effects of the global financial crisis. Therefore enforcing the argument Australia is mostly unprepared for an exploding population influx and challenges. However with this data the government has accepted accordingly by implementing solutions to improve and adjust traffic congestion to the preparation of future population