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The announcement of a 700-unit development opens the door to converting Auckland's run-down Avondale Racecourse to housing. And there are lessons from another Avondale.

Data from the 2021 census saw the population of some areas increasing rapidly whilst others were on the decline

Some areas of Wales have seen a substantial fall in population

On paper, Robinvale is home to 3,740 people. But an independent study funded by the council found the actual number is closer to 8,000. Local officials say the discrepancy is putting people at risk.

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Australia looks very different from five years ago: There are as many millennials as baby boomers, there are more than one million single-parent families and there has been an "unexpected" move to high-rise living. Here's what the latest census data tells us.

The census counted 812,728 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on census night, making up 3.2% of the total people counted. That’s up from 649,171 in the 2016 census, an increase of over 25%.

The 2021 census shows that households with a mortgage have doubled in the past 25 years, while those owned outright have grown by 10 per cent.

The first round of 2021 census key data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is finally here — remember filling it out in August in lockdown? — and it has revealed Australia is growing, changing and is more diverse than ever before.The official population in August 2021 was 25.4…