Editing Demographics of Australia (section)

===Structure of the population===
[[File:Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Australia by SLA - BCP field 0259 Age years 0 Persons.svg|thumb|left|300px|Australian babies: 0 year olds as a fraction of total persons, in Australia, according to the 2011 census results.]]
[[File:Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Australia by SLA - BCP field 0274 Age years 0 4 years Persons.svg|thumb|right|300px|Australian babies: 0–4 year olds as a fraction of total persons, in Australia, according to the 2011 census results]]
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|title= Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 09.VIII.2016) (These data have been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different tables.):<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref>
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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 11 546 638
| align="right" | 11 855 248 
| align="right" | 23 401 892 
| align="right" | 100
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| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 752 142
| align="right" | 712 638
| align="right" | 1 464 779
| align="right" | 6.26
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 771 055 
| align="right" | 731 592
| align="right" | 1 502 646
| align="right" | 6.42
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 717 629
| align="right" | 679 553
| align="right" | 1 397 183
| align="right" | 5.97
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 727 677
| align="right" | 693 915
| align="right" | 1 421 595
| align="right" | 6.07
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 795 423
| align="right" | 771 369
| align="right" | 1 566 793
| align="right" | 6.70
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 824 084
| align="right" | 840 525
| align="right" | 1 664 602
| align="right" | 7.11
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 839 821
| align="right" | 864 026
| align="right" | 1 703 847
| align="right" | 7.28
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 773 132
| align="right" | 788 548
| align="right" | 1 561 679
| align="right" | 6.67
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 777 702
| align="right" | 805 551
| align="right" | 1 583 257
| align="right" | 6.77
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 773 170
| align="right" | 808 282
| align="right" | 1 581 455
| align="right" | 6.76
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 748 954
| align="right" | 774 601
| align="right" | 1 523 551
| align="right" | 6.51
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 709 115
| align="right" | 745 214
| align="right" | 1 454 332
| align="right" | 6.21
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 632 357
| align="right" | 667 048
| align="right" | 1 299 397
| align="right" | 5.55
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 581 230
| align="right" | 607 766
| align="right" | 1 188 999 
| align="right" | 5.08
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 431 325
| align="right" | 456 390
| align="right" | 887 716
| align="right" | 3.79
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 307 441
| align="right" | 345 217
| align="right" | 652 657
| align="right" | 2.79
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 204 026 
| align="right" | 256 529
| align="right" | 460 549
| align="right" | 1.97
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 123 502
| align="right" | 185 463
| align="right" | 308 960 
| align="right" | 1.32
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 46 828
| align="right" | 93 570
| align="right" | 140 398
| align="right" | 0.60
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 9 244
| align="right" | 24 672
| align="right" | 33 920
| align="right" | 0.14
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 777
| align="right" | 2 788
| align="right" | 3 569
| align="right" | 0.02
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! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 2 240 826
| align="right" | 2 123 783
| align="right" | 4 364 609
| align="right" | 18.65
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 7 601 439
| align="right" | 7 759 070
| align="right" | 15 360 509
| align="right" | 65.64
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 1 704 373
| align="right" | 1 972 395
| align="right" | 3 676 768
| align="right" | 15.71
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