21,352
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Snowy Mountains · Sub-region (SA3)
Economy & Advantage in Snowy Mountains
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
Few areas have a smaller population than the Snowy Mountains, where only 21,352 people live. This region is growing much slower than most other parts of the country, with a recent increase of just 3.1%.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
The population grew by 3.1% since 2021, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the New South Wales growth rate of 6.1%.
3.1%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Population growth since the 2021 Census, from ABS annual estimates.
Sources
- Regional Population (Estimated Resident Population) — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Economy & Advantage in Snowy Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10103/snowy-mountains/topic/economy-advantage