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Every weekend, parents of unmarried adults come to the marriage market in Shanghai in hope of finding a good match for their children.

Inside Shanghai’s marriage market - where parents seek a match for their unwed child

Marriage rates are declining across China. But at a pop-up market in Shanghai, parents sit for hours every weekend, advertising their single children’s key attributes.

  • Lisa Visentin

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Australia’s fertility rate needs to be about 1.2 children per woman to keep the country’s population from sliding backwards according to the Centre for Population.

Should we really go forth and multiply?

A drop in migration and a global slide in birth rates won’t stop Australia’s population growth. That will come with its challenges.

  • Millie Muroi
China’s population shrank for a third consecutive year in 2024, even as the country saw a modest increase in births

Even a baby boom can’t stop China’s population shrinking

China’s population decline has become a major source of anxiety for policymakers as the country grapples with the economic consequences of a rapidly ageing society.

  • Lisa Visentin
Mambourin is a growing suburb on Melbourne’s western fringe.

Melbourne’s west is a growing force, and politicians should beware

The western suburbs are changing and growing. Whoever can meet the region’s needs and expectations of services and infrastructure is likely to reap huge rewards.

  • The Age's View
From left: Anushka Bharath, Bharath Chellaya, Gisha Bharath and Akansha Bharath outside their Manor Lakes home. They plan to move to Mambourin.

It was once declared ‘unpopular for living’. Now it’s Australia’s fastest-growing region

The Age explores what’s driving the boom in Melbourne’s western suburbs, and challenges some of the common assumptions about the area.

  • Sophie Aubrey, Adam Carey and Patrick Hatch
The nation is expected to add 4.1m residents over the next decade, according to new forecasts.

More migrants, fewer babies as population heads for 31.3 million

Australia is expected to be home to an extra 4.1 million people by the middle of the next decade, despite falling fertility and an increase in deaths.

  • Shane Wright
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Australia has recorded the largest ever quarterly fall in net overseas migration – outside the COVID pandemic.

Migrant arrivals are finally dropping. But departures are still a big issue

A surge in immigrants calling Australia home is coming to an end. Despite the slowdown, Australia’s population grew by 552,000 over the past year.

  • Shane Wright and Natassia Chrysanthos
Regional areas around Sydney, such as Wilton in the Wollondilly Shire, are rapidly expanding.

The booming areas that will bear the brunt of NSW’s population surge

The number of residents living outside Sydney will spiral higher in the next two decades, triggering calls for infrastructure to keep up with growing demand.

  • Megan Gorrey and Nigel Gladstone
Sydney suburbs.

Will your suburb shrink or grow? These charts have the answer

Sydney will add about 1 million people by 2041. Here’s where they’ll end up.

  • Matt Wade and Nigel Gladstone
The Brisbane suburbs shrinking the fastest.

Where have the kids gone? Brisbane’s shrinking suburbs revealed

As Brisbane’s population booms, something strange is happening in one pocket of the city – the number of residents is shrinking.

  • Marissa Calligeros and William Davis

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