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Table 4 Estimated number of incoming international passengers (IIP) in the international airports across in Australia in 2021, projected from the pre-pandemic BITRE data

From: Measuring unequal distribution of pandemic severity across census years, variants of concern and interventions

Airport

Code

State

Location (SA2)

Estimated IIP

Estimation method

Sydney

SYD

NSW

117011325

9,010,895

Weighted Linear Regression

Newcastle

NTL

NSW

106031125

3493

Same as 2019

Melbourne

MEL

VIC

210051248

6,222,130

Weighted Linear Regression

Brisbane

BNE

QLD

302031036

3,262,860

Weighted Linear Regression

Cairns

CNS

QLD

306011140

358,596

Weighted Linear Regression

Gold Coast

OOL

QLD

309021231

534,733

Averaging data from 2017, 2018, and 2019

Sunshine Coast

MCY

QLD

316031426

9414

Weighted Linear Regression

Townsville

TSV

QLD

318021475

1031

Same as 2019

Adelaide

ADL

SA

404031104

589,199

Weighted Linear Regression

Perth

PER

WA

506021121

2,206,807

Averaging data from 2017, 2018, and 2019

Port Hedland

PHE

WA

510021269

4505

Weighted Linear Regression

Darwin

DRW

NT

701011001

128,585

Averaging data from 2017, 2018, and 2019

Canberra

CBR

ACT

801031114

39,374

Averaging data from 2017, 2018, and 2019

  1. The estimated IIP is used for the initial infection seeding (see section "Results")