1.1 - Under-populated Case Study: Australia (Paper 1)

Question 1

Explain the causes of under-population in Australia: (3)

Answer 1

• The population density of Central Australia being 0.07 people per km2 Due to the lack of resources for survival in central Australia, most people live on the coasts. (1)
• Emigration is also a cause of under-population in Australia. This is because in 2022, 74000 people emigrated from Australia to live and/or work somewhere else, this leads to Australia being under-populated due to large amounts of people leaving. (1)
• The annual population rate of growth in Australia is only 1.8%. This is the case because due to women having a career. The country depends heavily on immigrants which make up most of this statistic. (1)

Question 2

Explain the problems of under-population in Australia: (3)

Answer 2

• Australia is a resource-rich nation, however demand is insufficient. This is because the population is so low so the country have nothing to do with all these resources that are not used by the population with no other choice but to export them.
• Due to the population only being 25.8 million, Australia may have a lack of workers to develop their infrastructure. This is because even though the population are quite skilled, development will be very slow.
• The business failure rate in Australia is 60%. This means that 60% of businesses in Australia will fail within the first 3 years of population. This may happen because they are under-used by the population as it is quite low so demand will also be low.