The Sex Ratio in Australia in 2021 is 99.2 males per 100 females.
As of June 2021, about 12.98 million females and 12.75 million males lived in Australia. The population of both sexes has been increasing consistently with slightly more females than males.
News_Image_File: More and more Aussie men are moving overseas for work. “The reliance of states like WA and the NT on mining and the dominance of males to females in this sector (85 per cent to 15 per cent) is the reason that there are far more men than women here,” McCrindle says.
Population, female (% of total population) in Australia was reported at 50.36 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.
The number of men and women in the world is roughly equal, though men hold a slight lead with 102 men for 100 women (in 2020).
Summary. The sex ratio at birth is not equal: in every country births are male-biased. There are biological reasons why there are slightly more boys born every year than girls. The 'natural' sex ratio at birth is around 105 boys per 100 girls (ranging from around 103 to 107 boys).
Worldwide, the male population is slightly higher than the female population, although this varies by country. As of 2021, the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, under the control of China, has the highest share of women worldwide with 54.2 percent.
Here's to the Sheilas
This week we shine a spotlight on a quintessential piece of Aussie slang, a word famous the world over: sheila. A sheila is a woman. In use since the 1830s, sheila has its origin in a generic use of the common Irish girl's name.
Australia's gender pay gap is 22.8%. Women, on average earn, $26,596 less than men each year. Men are twice as likely to be in the top earning bracket and women are 1.5 times more likely to be in the lowest. Every single industry in Australia has a gender pay gap that favours men.
China is the top country by female population in the world. As of 2022, female population in China was 691 million persons that accounts for 17.55% of the world's female population. The top 5 countries (others are India, the United States of America, Indonesia, and Pakistan) account for 45.67% of it.
Currently there are almost 105 baby boys born for every 100 baby girls and so while there are more male than female children and teenagers in Australia, the gender gap dissipates in the twenties and by age 35, there are more females than males.
Childcare staff, receptionists and primary school teachers are among some of the key occupations that have become even more female-dominated in 2021-22, compared to 1986-87. But female employment has jumped slightly in truck driving, from 2.9 per cent in 1986-87 to 4 per cent in 2021-22.
The typical Australian male is 36.4 years old, lives in a major city, is employed, has a non-school qualification, and is married (ABS 2017, 2018b, 2018c, 2018d, 2019a).
Research over hundreds of years has consistently found that boys naturally outnumber girls at birth. The speculation is that this is nature's way of countering the relatively high mortality rates of males, and creating more of a gender balance in the population.
With 109.9 men per one hundred women in the city, the greater Darwin area in Australia has the highest sex ratio. This is in stark contrast to the demographics of the other major cities in Australia which have more women than men. This is consistent with the fact that the population has always had more women than men.
There were 309,996 births in 2021, an increase of 5.3% (or 15,627 births) from 2020: 51.3% were males, resulting in a sex ratio at birth of 105.2 male births per 100 female births.
The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (SDA) makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person because of their sex, gender identity, intersex status, sexual orientation, marital or relationship status, family responsibilities, because they are pregnant or might become pregnant or because they are breastfeeding.
Pink tax prevails in Australia
Its research revealed women pay nearly 50% more on average for income protection, while dry cleaners can charge up to double for women's blouses.
Australia's national gender pay gap is 13.3 per cent.
Stunner. To start off with a really good all-rounder, “stunner” is a common one that you can use. Most commonly, stunner is used to describe a person—often not to their face. So, someone who is particularly attractive would be a stunner: “I met this total stunner the other night,” for example.
Australians more commonly refer to their girlfriends by the kind of generic slang you might hear elsewhere in the English speaking world, such as babe or sweetie. However, some specifically Australian examples of slang include the old classic “Sheila”, “missus” or just “love”.
Hong Kong has the lowest gender ratio of 84.48, followed by Martinique (85.01). Curaçao, Nepal, and Guadeloupe are in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th positions, respectively. In the list of top 10 countries having the highest female to male ratio, five countries are located in Europe, three in North America and two in Asia.