Name: __________
Year 8 Geography
Population Movement
Using the information discussed in class and research, answer the following questions.
1. What is internal migration?
Internal migration is the movement of a group of people domestically from one city to
another in the same country
2. Why do people move to cities?
There can be a variety of reasons why people can move to cities, but most commonly it
is to improve their quality of life from their old city. They can also move to other cities
because they recently had a job opportunity and it is unviable to reach there in said old
city
3. Explain what is meant by push and pull factors.
Push and pull factors are the reason why people may want to pull away from a rural
area or are forcibly pushed away by a rural area to an urban area.
4. List 3 common push factors
Overpopulation
Few jobs
Low wages and high rent.
5. List 3 some common pull factors Political stability, many job opportunities in the urban
area and a better social and environmental climate.
6. What are some of the reasons that young people in Australia move?
I assume this question is for moving away so.
There are better education opportunities in other countries
Their job may only be pursuable in a specific country other than Australia
The affordability of housing and amenities could be cheaper in some countries
compared to Australia.
7. What are some of the reasons that older people in Australia move?
They could just want a change in the pace of life, move to a country that is even slower
going than this place,
Downsizing their homes and reducing the cost of maintainence.
Name: __________
Reducing the cost of living in their homes
Getting closer to their families, like their family could be in another country and they
just want to move there until they die.
8. Which areas in Australia are growing most rapidly?
Essentially every single urban area there is, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide,
Hobart queensland
9. Describe the trends in Australia’s growth rate, and provide an example for each.
Australia Population Growth Rate 1950-2023 | MacroTrends
Australias population growth rate is steadily going up by about 1% each year from 2020.
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The current population of Australia in 2023 is 26,439,111, a 1% increase from 2022.
The population of Australia in 2022 was 26,177,413, a 0.99% increase from 2021.
The population of Australia in 2021 was 25,921,089, a 0.98% increase from 2020.
The population of Australia in 2020 was 25,670,051, a 1.23% increase from 2019.
In contrast from 2020 there is a 1% decline of the birth rate per 1000 people.
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The current birth rate for Australia in 2023 is 12.085 births per 1000 people, a 1.3%
decline from 2022.
The birth rate for Australia in 2022 was 12.244 births per 1000 people, a 1.28%
decline from 2021.
The birth rate for Australia in 2021 was 12.403 births per 1000 people, a 1.26%
decline from 2020.
The birth rate for Australia in 2020 was 12.561 births per 1000 people, a 1.25%
decline from 2019.
10. Which are the fastest growing areas of cities, and why? Melbourne suburbs have shown
a big growth in population because of the affordable housing options and good
infrastructure in certain urban areas.
11.
Why do you think young families often build houses on the edges of cities, rather
than near the centre?
I believe this is because they want their child to have a pace of life that isn’t
oversaturated by the people in the cities and having to life the city night life most if
not all days of the year. This can influence how they view the world in general in
contrast to the edge of the city where the night life is less present and they aren’t
oversaturated by it, and have a slower pace of life.
Name: __________