heh, Australia's NOM is a tad over 50% what it was in 2008. The pre-GFC/mining boom era saw the huge net overseas migration spread far more evenly around the country - Melbourne and Sydney saw high growth, but so did the regions of WA and QLD where a lot of labour was needed to build the enormous resources projects.
In 2016/2017 the mining/resources boom-bust cycle was well and truly on the bust side of the equation and the overseas migration is again focused just on Melbourne and Sydney.
Anyhow, the Melbourne SA2 (effectively the CBD) is now the most densely populated area of Australia:
https://urban.melbourne/planning/201...reas-melbourne
Summary from
OzScrapers:
Density (people/square km) and SA2 name.
SYDNEY
15,756 Potts Point - Woolloomooloo
15,650 Pyrmont - Ultimo
14,240 Darlinghurst
13,555 Surry Hills
11,191 Redfern - Chippendale
9,864 Waterloo - Beaconsfield
9,237 Randwick - North
9,169 Bondi Beach - North Bondi
9,043 Glebe - Forest Lodge
8,619 Neutral Bay - Kirribilli
8,258 Lakemba
8,178 Kingsford
8,051 Bondi - Tamarama - Bronte
8,014 Newtown - Camperdown - Darlington
7,785 Wiley Park
7,124 Coogee - Clovelly
7,103 Bondi Junction - Waverly
7,097 Petersham - Stanmore
6,991 Ashfield
6,981 Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks
MELBOURNE
17,507 Melbourne
11,314 Carlton
9,009 South Yarra - East
8,319 Fitzroy
7,363 Prahran - Windsor
7,303 St Kilda East
7,217 Collingwood
7,214 St Kilda
6,797 North Melbourne
6,745 Flemington
6,658 Southbank
6,467 Elwood
6,227 Port Melbourne
5,778 Seddon - Kingsville
5,427 Brunswick East
5,368 Kensington (Vic.)
5,287 Richmond (Vic.)
5,274 Brunswick
5,274 Fitzroy North
5,080 Abbotsford
BRISBANE
6,608 Kangaroo Point
6,334 New Farm
5,980 Fortitude Valley
5,541 Highgate Hill
5,203 Spring Hill
5,195 West End
4,664 Brisbane City
4,656 Auchenflower
4,233 Taringa
4,195 Annerley
PERTH
3,420 Tuart Hill - Joondanna
3,311 Scarborough
3,105 Perth City
3,087 Innaloo - Doubleview
3,083 Nollamara - Westminster
2,973 North Perth
2,866 Wembley - West Leederville - Glendalough
2,861 Mount Hawthorn - Leederville
2,767 East Victoria Park - Carlisle
2,663 Maylands
ADELAIDE
2,945 Unley - Parkside
2,835 Glenelg (SA)
2,723 Prospect
2,700 Norwood (SA)
2,671 Nailsworth - Broadview
2,569 Henley Beach
2,540 Warradale
2,513 Goodwood - Millswood
2,498 Edwardstown
2,464 Windsor Gardens
GOLD COAST
4,308 Surfers Paradise
4,219 Mermaid Beach - Broadbeach
3,808 Labrador
3,281 Coolangatta
2,807 Biggera Waters
2,681 Southport - South
2,660 Varsity Lakes
2,394 Palm Beach
2,368 Miami
2,194 Burleigh Waters
What's a SA2?
ABS definition