Population Trends in South-East Queensland
What	Lecture by Dr Tom Wilson
When	7.30 pm Tuesday 1 June
Where	RGSQ, 237 Milton Road, Milton, Brisbane
In 1981 the population of South East Queensland stood at 1.4 million. Today the region is home to just over twice that number, and over the last few years has been increasing in population by an average of 2.7%, or 77 000 per year. Concern about high population growth and its implications for housing affordability, transport, water supply and the environment have recently led some commentators to call for reduced population growth, or even a population cap. The presentation will examine key characteristics of South East Queensland's population and household trends and present several scenarios, both plausible and implausible, for their future development. Tom Wilson is a Senior Research Fellow in demography in the Queensland Centre for Population Research at the University of Queensland. He was awarded his PhD in geography from the University of Leeds in 2001 for his work on multiregional population projection methods. His main research interests are in population projection methodology, migration analysis, and local area demography. His recent papers have focused on population growth in South-East Queensland, local area population forecast accuracy, and model migration schedules. He currently teaches a course at the University of Queensland in Applied Demography. Prior to his appointment at the University of Queensland he was Principal Demographer with the New South Wales Department of Planning.
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