Fertility rate falls to lowest on record despite increase in births | ABC NEWS
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released the 2024 births and fertility data, showing an increase in the number of births but a record low fertility rate.
ANU Demographer Liz Allen says there are “clustering crises” causing Australians to have children later in life, placing the fertility rate on a “worrying trajectory”.
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