| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
AUS
|
| Continent |
Oceania
|
| Country Name |
Australia
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
4
|
| Leve1 Type |
State
|
Level2 Type
|
Statistical Divisions
|
| Level3 Type |
Statistical Subdivisions
|
| Level4 Type |
Statistical Local Area (SLA)
|
| Number of Units |
1,329
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
14
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
16,643
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
17,660
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
18,724
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
16,888
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
18,072
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
19,138
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
7,634,648
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
76
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
224
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
4,098,478
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,289
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
80,964
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
148
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
3,117
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
6
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
247
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
36,512
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
3,620,772
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,558
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
112,564
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
16,659,453
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
0%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
94%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
91%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
147
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
0
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
1
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: "1996 census data for Statistical Local Area (SLA) population obtained from ESRI Australia, http://www.esriau.com.au/State Level Population data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics:* 2001 population from 2001 Census Basic Community Profiles and Snapshots, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@census.nsf/Census_BCP_ASGC_ViewTemplate?ReadForm&Expand=1 * 1996 population from 1996 Census of Population and Housing - Basic Community Profiles, http://www.abs.gov.au/Web sitedbs/d3310108.nsf/f9996d24c8f22d024a256500001c8576/569af0d15c2201964a2565010007a32f!OpenDocument" |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: ESRI Australia, http://www.esriau.com.au/ . |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: Australian Demographic Statistics 2003, UN Statistical Library, hard copy; City Population, www.citypopulation.de;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: Map, NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): One or more census divisions with urban characteristics and representing a cluster of 1,000 people or more as well as known holiday re?sorts of less population if they contain 250 dwell?ings or more of which at least 100 were occupied on census night. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: "1990 and 1995 population values based on SLA figures for 1996 and population for Statistical Subdivisions for 1991 obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, www.abs.gov.au .The State level growth rate, between census years 1996-2001, are calculated and applied to the 1995 SLA estimated population to extrapolate to target years." |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
