Australia Underpopulation

What is Overpopulation?

• Population exceeds the ability in its resources to support the needs of that population, thus resulting in lower quality of life.

• There aren’t enough people in a country to exploit the resources they have in a country to help the country make more money.

What is the meaning of underpopulation?

• There are few people to support the current economic activities of the areas.

• Too many people and not enough resources.

• Number of people living in a unit area of land.

• One child policy, China

Which are the problems of underpopulation? [Hint: you can tick more than one answer]

• Shortage of workers

• Dependency on imported goods

• Shortage of people in armed forces

• Shortage of foods and water supply

The percentage of Australians working in agriculture is 3.6%. What conclusion can you draw from this fact?

• Most Australians work on cattle stations.

• Most Australians work in urban areas.

• Most Australians live in the Outback.

• Most Australians work on farms.

What is a result of Aborigines having a lower literacy rate than those of European descent?

• The Aborigines standard of living is higher.

• The Aborigines standard of living is lower.

• The Aborigines standard of living is the same.

• The Aborigines have better jobs.

What has helped Australia to have a high GDP?

• poor healthcare

• modern factories and technology

• natural resources that are hard to develop

• workers with low-paying jobs

What is the population of Australia?

• 20 million

• 200 million

• 40 million

• 400 million

Why might the Australian government want to increase its population size?

• So there are more people using up their resources

• To develop the country economically and protect it from foreign influence

What are the benefits of under population in Australia?

• Lots of job opportunities attracting more foreign workers

• Less innovation and development of tech/transport networks

• Large areas of land are unspoilt

• Demand for services it not too high e.g. for hospitals, schools and public transport

What could be potential issues of underpopulation in Australia?

• Families have access to more benefits if they have more children

• 43% of labour force are due to retire in 20 years so there would be fewer people to pay taxes

• As there is lower demand for goods, services might be shut down such as local schools and transport, so reliance on cars increases.

• 35% of Australia receives little rainfall making it difficult to farm.