Australia Underpopulation

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.

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

Shortage of workers

Dependency on imported goods

Shortage of people in armed forces

Shortage of foods and water supply

Most Australians work on cattle stations.

Most Australians work in urban areas.

Most Australians live in the Outback.

Most Australians work on farms.

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.

poor healthcare

modern factories and technology

natural resources that are hard to develop

workers with low-paying jobs

20 million

200 million

40 million

400 million

So there are more people using up their resources

To develop the country economically and protect it from foreign influence

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

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.