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CENTRAL COAST
REGIONAL SNAPSHOT
2016
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NEW SOUTH WALES STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA POPULATION PROJECTIONS: 2016
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE (%)
2011-16
2016-21
2021-26
2026-31
2031 - 36
New South Wales
1.42
1.37
1.28
1.19
1.12
Sydney Metropolitan
1.77
1.74
1.62
1.52
1.44
Central Coast
1.02
1.01
0.97
0.84
1.19
Hunter
1.09
0.99
0.90
0.83
0.54
Illawarra - Shoalhaven
0.98
0.89
0.81
0.72
0.64
Population growth has
slowed in the past 4
years from a high of
1.9% growth in 2008 to
a current population
growth rate of 0.7%
Population Projections
The 2016 New South Wales State and Local Government Area
Population Projections forecast that over the next twenty years
the Central Coast LGA average annual population growth will rise
to 1.19% which is significantly lower than the annual growth rate
of Sydney metropolitan region.
The Central Coast Regional Plan 2036 (Department of Planning
& Environment, 2016) indicates that the Central Coast region
is at the centre of the State’s fastest growing corridor from the
northern edge of Sydney to Newcastle. The projected population
along this corridor is estimated to be 1.1 million by 2036. It must
be noted that the Central Coast is between two large population
growth areas and predicted to be a high population growth areas.
Sustainable Communities and Population Growth