Transport for NSW provides projections of population and dwellings at the small area (Travel Zone or TZ) level for NSW. The latest version is Travel Zone Projections 2022 (TZP22), released November 2022.
The projections are developed to support a strategic view of NSW and are aligned with the NSW Government Common Planning Assumptions.
This new version TZP22 is an update on the previously published TZP19
The TZP22 Population & Dwellings Projections dataset covers the following variables:
- Estimated Resident Population
- Occupied Private Dwellings
- Population in Occupied Private Dwellings, by 5-year Age categories & by Sex
- Population in Non-Private Dwellings
The projections in this release, TZP22, are presented annually 2016 to 2026 and five-yearly from 2026 to 2066, and are in TZ16 geography.
Please note, TZP22 is based on best available data as at early to mid 2022. It includes the impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic and does not include results from the ABS 2021 Census as the relevant data had not been released at the time of TZP22 production.
Key Data Inputs used in TZP22:
- 2022 NSW Population projections data – NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment
- 2022 NSW Household and Dwelling projections data – NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment
- 2016 Census data - Australian Bureau of Statistics (including dwellings by occupancy, total dwellings by Mesh Block, historical household sizes, private dwellings by occupancy, population age and gender, persons by place of usual residence)
- The 2022 NSW Population, Household and Dwelling projections do not include 2021 Census data as the relevant data has not been released at the time of TZP22 production.
More detail as well as links to data can be found at the external data page.