Victoria population
Population, Victoria · Australian Bureau of Statistics · March quarter 2026
Victoria population 7,154,200 in the March quarter 2026, up 1.6% over the year.
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What the numbers say
Victoria's estimated resident population was 7,154,200 in the March quarter 2026, compared with 7,116,000 in the December quarter 2025. It was up 1.6% over the year from the March quarter 2025, up 9.1% over 5 years from the March quarter 2021 and up 16.5% over 10 years from the March quarter 2016. The latest figure is at the peak, the highest since the series began in the June quarter 1981, and compares with the low of 3,946,900 in the June quarter 1981. For comparison, Australia's population was 27,921,200 in the March quarter 2026.
What is the population of Victoria?
Victoria's estimated resident population was 7,154,200 in the March quarter 2026. That is the highest since the series began in the June quarter 1981.
Is the population of Victoria growing?
Victoria's population was up 1.6% over the year to the March quarter 2026, reaching 7,154,200. It was also up 9.1% over 5 years and up 16.5% over 10 years to that quarter.
How fast is the population of Victoria growing?
Victoria's population was up 1.6% over the year from the March quarter 2025 to the March quarter 2026. Over longer periods it was up 9.1% over 5 years from the March quarter 2021 and up 16.5% over 10 years from the March quarter 2016.
How does the population of Victoria compare with Australia's?
Victoria's population was 7,154,200 in the March quarter 2026, while Australia's population was 27,921,200 in the same quarter.
Written from the figures on this page · updated 11 October 2026
Recent quarters
| Quarter | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| March quarter 2026 | 7,154,200 | final |
| December quarter 2025 | 7,116,000 | final |
| September quarter 2025 | 7,093,900 | final |
| June quarter 2025 | 7,064,000 | final |
| March quarter 2025 | 7,044,700 | final |
| December quarter 2024 | 7,003,800 | final |
| September quarter 2024 | 6,979,000 | final |
| June quarter 2024 | 6,951,000 | final |
Full series · 180 quarters · CSV · JSON
Victoria: estimated resident population measures the number of people usually resident in Victoria, in thousands of persons, at the end of each quarter. It is published quarterly by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and runs from June quarter 1981 to March quarter 2026, with the latest value at 7,154,200. The series counts usual residents rather than people present in the state on a given day, so short-term visitors are outside its scope.
It sits alongside three related series for the same state: Victoria: net overseas migration, Victoria: natural increase, and Victoria: net interstate migration, which together account for change in the headline estimate. The data are released under CC BY 4.0.
Also in this family
- Victoria: net overseas migration · CSV · JSON
- Victoria: natural increase · CSV · JSON
- Victoria: net interstate migration · CSV · JSON
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Source
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- Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS earnings, building and population (market panel), retrieved 1 October 2026. CC BY 4.0.
- β
- Computed by Numbra from α.