Wednesday 21 September 2022 07:56 AM Queensland's population is growing at double the national average trends now
Queensland's population is growing at double the national average and sparking a housing crisis.
The Sunshine State in the year to March added 94,300 people, mainly as a result of interstate migration, with Australia's border only opening up to international arrivals in December.
This was almost as many people as Australia's two most populated states combined - with NSW recording 49,500 new arrivals and Victoria some 46,500 new people.
Queensland's population is growing at double the national average and sparking a housing shortage crisis. The Sunshine State (Surfers Paradis on the Gold Coast pictured) in the year to March added 94,300 people
New Australian Bureau of Statistics data, released on Wednesday, showed Queensland's annual population growth pace of 1.8 per cent was double the Australian average of 0.9 per cent.
Queensland's annual population growth was also the fastest since September 2013.
Despite being home to 20 per cent of Australia's 25.9million people, Queensland accounted for 39 per cent of the population growth.
The 94,300 people who moved to Queensland or were born there made up a large chunk of Australia's 239,800 population increase from net
