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Aus Geo Topic Test Flash Cards
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- 1Population of Australia• Approx. Population: 23,569,569
- 2• One birth every...1 minute and 42 seconds.
- 3one death every...3 minutes and 34 seconds.
- 4A net gain of one international migration every...2 minutes and 14 seconds
- 5Overall total population increase of...One person every one minute and 20 seconds.
- 6Distribution and density:• Population living in rural areas is declining, rural communities are struggling to survive
• Population on coastline is increasing - 7Ethnic composition• Sydney has highest proportion of overseas-born residents (one third)
• New Zealand, Italy and Greece make up large proportion of overseas-born population. But, increasingly people from Asian countries are a significant proportion. - 8Age structure and gender• The largest age group in Australia is 5-9.
• The smallest common age group is 85 - 9Ratio of males to femalesthe sex ratio of Australia's population was 99.1 males per 100 females.
- 10Source of population growth:Net migration (the difference between immigration and emigration) and natural increase (the difference between births and deaths) contributed 60 per cent and 40 per cent respectively to total population growth in the 12 months to March 2013.
- 11Factors causing change in Australian communities: Cultural integration• ¼ of Australia’s population is made up of citizens who were born overseas and migrated to Australia
- 12Factors causing change in Australian communities: Demographic changes• Changes in population distribution cause communities to grow or decline. A country may have a natural increase. Ethnic composition and migration cause communities to become more multicultural. In Australia more than 1 in 5 are born overseas.
- 13Factors causing change in Australian communities: Lifestyle expectations• As people become wealthier they have come to expect more. Houses are becoming larger and more luxurious many families have 2 or 3 cars.
• Credit card and mortgage debts are at an all-time high
• Australian trends show an over consumption culture - 14Factors causing change in Australian communities: New technologies• Broadband, satellite internet and 3G mobile phones.... if a community doesn’t have access that may be disadvantaged
• The internet is used for banking, finance, shopping and research
• Not all people have the ability to access the internet: the unemployed, the elderly, indigenous and non-englsih speaking communities. Leading to spatial inequality within communities. - 15Factors causing change in Australian communities: Globalisation of Economic activityIt has been driven by:
- International trade and financial flows
- Technological advances in transport and communications
- Development of powerful TNCs - 16Factors causing change in Australian communities Resource Depletionsmaller communities often come very reliant on a resource that provides them with a jobs/ income. Resource may become depleted or out of date and towns may either be abandoned or have to find a new function.
E.g. Lithow, Blue Mountains.
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