Victoria Population 2024

Victoria is a state in southeast Australia. It's popular for mountains, national parks, wineries and surfing beaches. Victoria population in 2024 is estimated to be 6.82 million, It is the second smallest state with a land area of 227,444 sq. km (87,817 sq. mi) and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per sq. km). Victoria is bordered with New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait, which separates it from the island state of Tasmania to the south, the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea, which is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean to the southeast. Before British colonisation of Australia, many Aboriginal peoples lived in the area now known as Victoria. Victoria State is famous for the Great Ocean Road, a stretch of road that takes in some of the most stunning coastline, national parks, and towns. Victoria is abbreviated as Vic., like Queensland, was named after Queen Victoria, who had been on the British throne for 14 years when the colony was established in 1851. More than 75% of Victorians live in Melbourne, located in the state's south. The greater Melbourne metropolitan area is home to an estimated 4.8 million people.

Cities

Victoria Urban centers are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as being a population cluster of 1,000 or more people. Victoria is Australia's most urbanized state: nearly 90% of residents living in cities and towns. Below is the list of places in the state of Victoria. Melbourne is the most populous city in the Victoria state of Australia. Geelong is Victoria's second largest city and is the gateway to the Bellarine Peninsula with its bay and ocean beaches, followed by Ballarat, Bendigo and Melton. Victoria population in 2023 is estimated to be 6.65 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 6.61 million, and population in 2021 is estimated to be 6.7 million.

Religions in Victoria

Christianity is the popular religion in Victoria State with 2.8 million, 1.8 million follows with no religion, 181,938 follows Buddhism, 134,939 follows Hinduism, 197,030 follows Islam and 52,762 follows Sikhism.

Ethnic groups in Victoria

This list of ancestries consists of the most common 30 Ancestry responses reported in the 2016 Census. By ancestry the Victoria ethnic population are 29.3% are English descendants, native of England, 27.5% are Australian, 9.6% are Irish, 8.2% are Scottish, 6.1% are Chinese, 5.8% are Italian, 3.3% are Indian, 3.2% are German, 2.8% are Greek and 1.8% are Vietnamese. 7,081 people, identified as Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders) in 2016.

Literacy

Below table is the Age of persons attending an educational institution:

Languages in Victoria

English is the official language of Victoria State. According to 2016 stats, 4 million people speak English, around 200 thousand people speak Chinese language, 110,707 speak Greek, 112,272 speak Italian, 103,430 people speak Vietnamese, 78,079 speak Cantonese, 51,241 speak Hindi, 56,171 speak Punjabi.

Population projection

According to abs stats, the Victoria population in 2020 is estimated to be 6.6 million.

Subdivisions of Victoria

The State Government of Victoria defines rural and regional Victoria as the 48 local government areas. The 10 regional city local government areas are Ballarat, Greater Bendigo, Greater Geelong, Greater Shepparton, Horsham, Latrobe, Mildura, Wangaratta, Warrnambool and Wodonga.

Median age of a person is 37, Median total personal income per week is $644, It is applicable to persons aged 15 years and over, Median total family income is $1,715 per week and is applicable to families in family households, Median mortgage payment is $1,728 per month, repayment is applicable to occupied private dwellings being purchased and includes dwellings being purchased under a shared equity scheme, Median rent is $325 per week, Average number of persons per bedroom is 0.9, repayment is applicable to occupied private dwellings being purchased and includes dwellings being purchased under a shared equity scheme.

Income Distribution

According to 2016 Australian Bureau stats, Weekly income for the people living in Victoria state are 143,877 people earn more than $3,000, 220,801 earn between $2,000 to $2,999, 1 million people earn between $1,000 to $2,000, 1.13 people earn between $500 to $1000, 1.14 million people earn between $150 to $500 and 218,506 people earn between $1 to $149.

History

Before European settlement, Victoria was originally home to Aboriginal population that had living in the land for thousands of years. Aboriginal people have lived in Victoria for about 40,000 years, living a semi-nomadic existence of hunting, farming and fishing. In 1836, after the first Europeans settled in this region, the area became part of the colony of New South Wales, known as the Port Phillip District. The British Empire formed the government from 1851 to 1901, it became colony of Victoria. Kilmore is the Victoria's oldest inland town.