The Tasmanian Government had a long-standing target to increase Tasmania’s population to 650,000 by 2050.
It is clear that our plan is working with the latest ABS figures (December 2021) indicating that Tasmania’s population sits at 569,827 – an increase of 56,146 (10.9 per cent) since March 2014.
A growing population is good news because we need more working age people to support the economy, deliver essential services and provide greater diversity across the community. This is key to supporting our vision of Tasmania being the best place in the country to live, work, invest and raise a family
The current strategy aimed to achieve just this and in fact we have already exceeded our initial 2020 target of 530,000 people early and it’s looking like we’ll achieve our 2030 population target of 570,000 as early as this year.
Growth of the scale we’ve experienced over the past five years tends to come with growing pains and that’s why we’re updating Tasmania’s Population Strategy to address the challenges and opportunities facing our State now and into the future.
