You plant churches where people are moving to.
Where Australia’s population actually grew over the last five years, where the official SA3 corridor projections say it will grow next, and where the Australian Christian Churches already has a church on the ground.
- Australian Christian Churches churches
- 890
- Population, 2018→2023 windows
- +1,858,770
- Forecast, next 5 years
- +2,827,728
- People per church
- 30,546
Congregations in the church locator
Australia now 27,186,155
From the official SA3 corridor projections
Across Australia
Growth is not spread evenly
of Australia’s population growth over the last five years (2018→2023 ACS windows) landed in just 254 of 2,334 suburbs.
That gap between the two bars is the whole argument: a small number of places are absorbing most of the growth in Australia.
New people in growth-corridor suburbs between the 2018 and 2023 ACS windows. That is the mission field moving.
People in a fast-growing suburb more than a 10 km drive from the nearest Australian Christian Churches church.
The same growth suburbs at a closer range — no Australian Christian Churches church inside 5.0 km, the distance most people actually treat as their own neighborhood.
Australia, at once
Black crosses are Australian Christian Churches churches. Shaded circles are growth corridors — suburbs absorbing serious growth; bigger means more people arriving, darker means higher planting priority. A green ring marks a volume growth corridor: fast growth and a large influx together — the best places to plant.
Where Australia are growing fastest
People forecast to arrive over the next five years, by SA3 corridor — from the official SA3 corridorprojections (Georgia’s OPB, Tennessee’s Boyd Center at UT).
How thinly the ACC is spread
People per Australian Christian Churches church, by state. Darker is thinner on the ground.
Northern Territory has one Australian Christian Churches church for every 130,412 people. Queensland has one for every 22,741.
Who is arriving in Australia
Foreign-born residents by country of birth, and who moved in from another state or from abroad in the past year (ACS 2019–23). Where a community has settled before is the best available guide to where the next arrivals go.
See where they settle →Highest-priority plant sites
Most people arriving. The ACC’s coverage is shown alongside, as context.
| # | suburb | SA3 corridor | State | Population | Growth 5 yr | % | Nearest church | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wallan | Whittlesea - Wallan | Victoria | 28,343 | +8,253 | +41.1% | 14 km | 89 |
| 2 | Mickleham - Yuroke | Tullamarine - Broadmeadows | Victoria | 35,244 | +21,192 | +150.8% | 7.5 km | 86 |
| 3 | Box Hill - Nelson | Rouse Hill - McGraths Hill | New South Wales | 22,437 | +18,190 | +428.3% | 5.0 km | 82 |
| 4 | Ripley | Ipswich Inner | Queensland | 20,328 | +11,371 | +127.0% | 2.7 km | 82 |
| 5 | Rockbank - Mount Cottrell | Melton - Bacchus Marsh | Victoria | 31,254 | +20,910 | +202.2% | 0.8 km | 82 |
| 6 | Landsborough | Sunshine Coast Hinterland | Queensland | 20,558 | +7,672 | +59.5% | 8.0 km | 82 |
| 7 | Caloundra West - Baringa | Caloundra | Queensland | 21,892 | +9,829 | +81.5% | 2.9 km | 82 |
| 8 | Cranbourne South | Casey - South | Victoria | 24,522 | +11,652 | +90.5% | 4.0 km | 82 |
| 9 | Alkimos - Eglinton | Wanneroo | Western Australia | 19,957 | +7,618 | +61.7% | 2.6 km | 82 |
| 10 | Wollert | Whittlesea - Wallan | Victoria | 33,491 | +16,182 | +93.5% | 1.4 km | 81 |
State by state
| State | Population | Growth 5 yr | % | Forecast 5 yr | Australian Christian Churches churches | People per church | Growth suburbs | Unserved growth-corridor pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 6,950,263 | +413,648 | +6.3% | +802,453 | 229 | 30,350 | 68 | 132,551 |
| New South Wales | 8,491,702 | +445,314 | +5.5% | +723,540 | 270 | 31,451 | 61 | 42,689 |
| Queensland | 5,571,620 | +483,022 | +9.5% | +643,007 | 245 | 22,741 | 64 | 52,611 |
| Western Australia | 2,977,560 | +318,418 | +12.0% | +424,509 | 53 | 56,180 | 42 | 38,540 |
| South Australia | 1,881,968 | +114,784 | +6.5% | +132,222 | 53 | 35,509 | 8 | 8,460 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 477,460 | +42,326 | +9.7% | +64,014 | 10 | 47,746 | 9 | — |
| Tasmania | 574,758 | +26,928 | +4.9% | +19,999 | 14 | 41,054 | 1 | — |
| Northern Territory | 260,824 | +14,330 | +5.8% | +17,984 | 2 | 130,412 | 1 | 8,726 |