Beyond Five Million - The Victorian Government's Population Policy

Population is a central issue because it is so strongly linked to issues that matter most to Victorians - the health of our economy, our families, our regions and the environment.

Beyond Five Million: The Victorian Government's Population Policy explains the Victorian Government's vision for growing our population in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner. But as importantly, it identifies strategies to plan for and manage population change. The Population Policy provides a framework for policies designed to increase migration, encourage family formation, increase regional population growth and respond to the challenges of demographic change.

Population growth is not an end in itself - Victoria needs growth that is consistent with its social, economic and environmental objectives. It must lead to higher living standards for Victorians. In Beyond Five Million we outline how these goals can be achieved through a broadly based population strategy.

View the full report, Beyond Five Million: The Victorian Government's Population Policy (PDF, 2773KB), or the individual sections of the report below:

• Cover (PDF, 136KB)
• Foreword and Contents (PDF, 48KB)
• Chapter 1- A Population Vision for Victoria (PDF, 76KB)
• Chapter 2 - Overview (PDF, 130 KB)
• Chapter 3 - Natural Population Change (PDF, 87 KB)
• Chapter 4 - Overseas Migration (PDF, 1273KB)
• Chapter 5 - Interstate Migration (PDF, 93KB)
• Chapter 6 - Regional Population (PDF, 1095KB)
• Chapter 7 - Population Ageing (PDF, 90KB)
• Chapter 8 - Future Challenges: Sustainability and Liveability (PDF, 47KB)
• References and Further Reading (PDF, 48KB)

The report is saved in Adobe Acrobat PDF files below. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free from the Adobe website.

For a hard copy of the document or further queries, contact the Policy, Strategy and Implementation Branch on (03) 9651 2183.