In the last 12 months, Australia's population has now reached 24 million with migration contributing significantly to the rise.
Since 2006, net overseas migration has been the driver of Australia's annual population growth with net overseas migration contributing 53% to Australia's total growth with the remaining 47% due to natural increase.
New South Wales remains the state with the largest population at 7.6 million with growth recorded at 1.4% producing a net increase of more than 104,000 people.
Victoria, however, is the fastest growing state with 5.9 million people which saw an increase of just under 100,000 people (a growth of 1.7%). Constantly voted as the "Worlds most liveable city" the state is also attracting a larger share of interstate migration (particularly from New South Wales).
Queensland's population at 4.8 million has seen modest growth at 1.2% and a population increase of 60,000 which is much lower than a few years ago.
Western Australia's population now stands at 2.6 million but growth has fallen from 3.3% to 1.6% with a net gain of just 33,000 people. This decline has been largely influenced by a downturn in the resources sector resulting in a huge downturn in net overseas migration. There has also been a shift in interstate migration with more people leaving Western Australia than coming in.
South Australia's population now stands at 1.7 million and with a growth rate of 0.8% resulted in an increase of 13,000 people.
Tasmania's population of 517,000 remains stable and growth of 0.4% increased its population by 2,000 people.
The Australian Capital Territory increased its population by 5,400 (1.4%) to 391,000 and the Northern Territory by just 900 (0.4%) to 245,000 people.