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1.6.2 Profile of Australia’s remote population According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW, 2013), the estimated population of Australia in 2012 was 22,710,352. The pie graph in Figure 1.2 illustrates the population distribution by remoteness using the ARIA+ classifications.

Major Cities Inner Regonial Outer Regonial Remote Very Remote

Figure 1.2. Pie graph of Australia’s population by remoteness classification, 2012. Source: AIHW, 2013.

Table 1.1 Australia’s Population Distribution According to Remoteness Classification Index, 2012 (Source: AIHW, 2013)

Population (number) Population (% of total)

Major cities Inner regional Outer regional

15,976,750 4,161,150 2,047,432

70.3% 18.3%

9.0% 1.3% 0.1%

Remote

318,969 206,051

Very remote