{"id":130695,"date":"2024-09-20T17:38:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T07:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=130695"},"modified":"2024-09-20T17:38:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T07:38:42","slug":"victorias-population-surpasses-7-million-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=130695","title":{"rendered":"Victoria&#8217;s population surpasses 7 Million people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first time, there are more than seven million Victorians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggests that the state\u2019s population has surpassed the milestone number, recording an annual 2.7 per cent growth rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The population sat just shy at 6.959 million in March, with demographer\u2019s projecting it passed seven million in early July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overseas 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