Just 243,000 (0.9%) Of People In Australia Live In The Red Area

Map found on redditThis map of Australia shows the distribution of population across different remoteness areas, as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

The map uses color-coding to represent various levels of remoteness and includes a legend explaining the percentage of the population living in each area.

Here’s a detailed explanation:

Legend and Color Coding

1. Major Cities of Australia (70.9%): 18.9 million people
   • Color: Blue
   • Description: These areas have the highest population density and include major urban centers.
2. Inner Regional Australia (18.1%): 4.8 million people
   • Color: Green
   • Description: These areas are close to major cities and have a moderate population density.
3. Outer Regional Australia (8.8%): 2.4 million people
   • Color: Yellow
   • Description: These regions are further away from major cities and have a lower population density compared to inner regional areas.
4. Remote Australia (1.4%): 374,000 people
   • Color: Orange
   • Description: These areas are sparsely populated and located far from major cities.
5. Very Remote Australia (0.9%): 243,000 people
   • Color: Red
   • Description: These areas are extremely remote with very low population density.

Geographic Distribution

• Western Australia: Predominantly red, indicating very remote areas. Some areas in the southwest corner show green and blue, representing higher population density around major cities and inner regional areas.
• Northern Territory: Mostly red with small patches of orange, indicating very remote and remote areas.
• Queensland: Mixed colors with coastal areas showing green and blue, indicating inner regional and major cities, while the inland areas are red and orange, indicating remote and very remote areas.
• New South Wales: Coastal areas are green and blue, representing major cities and inner regional areas, with the inland areas showing a gradient from yellow to orange to red.
• Victoria: A significant portion is green, indicating inner regional areas, with blue patches around Melbourne representing major cities.
• South Australia: Predominantly red, indicating very remote areas, with some green and blue around Adelaide.
• Tasmania: Mostly yellow with patches of green, indicating inner regional and outer regional areas.

From the ABS:

Relative geographic remoteness is measured in an objective way using the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia Plus (ARIA+).

ARIA+ is derived by measuring road distance from various populated locations to five categories of service centre, using population as a proxy measure for service availability. ARIA+ uses ASGS Edition 3 Urban Centres and Localities and 2021 Census of Population and Housing data to reflect different levels of service availability based on five defined population ranges. For more information on how ARIA+ is created, please refer to the University of Adelaide website.

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