The Office of Economic and Statistical Research calculates that Queensland's population is currently growing by one person every four minutes and 33 seconds.
By the end of 2011 Queensland is forecast to become the second most undersupplied housing market in the country, second only to NSW.
Across Queensland, the dwelling deficiency is expected to rise to 46,500 by the end of 2011 – an increase in shortfall of 8,600 dwellings over the year.
By 2031, more than 22,000 new residents will have moved into Fortitude Valley, creating an unprecedented demand for new residential dwellings. Or approximately 4 – 5 x Alex Perry sized residential developments a year – every year for the next 20 years. Just in this one suburb.
A further 75,000 new jobs are anticipated to be created in the Valley over the next 20 years.
These two factors will combine to not only have a highly stimulatory effect on demand but on underlying price and weekly rental growth.
According to RP Data on the 21.04.11, Australia's population is getting close to 22.5 million residents of whom about 64 percent live within the nation's capital cities. With such a large proportion of the population living on what is just half a percent of the Australian land mass higher density living is set to continue.