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Projected population by local government area, Queensland, 2006 to 2031

Note: The following tables are released on 2011 boundaries. Data based on the 2006 ASGC are available on request.

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Projected population (medium series) by local government area, Queensland, 2006 to 2031

  Medium series (a)
Local government area 2006 (b) 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031
— persons —
Aurukun (S) 1,129 1,237 1,296 1,338 1,374 1,407
Balonne (S) 4,927 4,805 4,906 5,183 5,418 5,663
Banana (S) 15,572 15,742 16,948 17,310 17,759 18,277
Barcaldine (R) 3,462 3,412 3,772 3,934 4,050 4,185
Barcoo (S) 383 343 337 340 343 346
Blackall-Tambo (R) 2,138 2,017 2,021 2,043 2,063 2,091
Boulia (S) 450 434 451 479 512 551
Brisbane (C) 991,260 1,085,614 1,153,770 1,210,093 1,249,285 1,272,272
Bulloo (S) 394 359 362 363 365 368
Bundaberg (R) 87,898 98,533 107,816 117,585 128,057 139,350
Burdekin (S) 18,085 18,667 18,974 19,207 19,404 19,488
Burke (S) 531 587 608 643 676 707
Cairns (R) 147,538 172,890 190,657 207,756 224,426 241,494
Carpentaria (S) 2,076 2,115 2,103 2,089 2,077 2,065
Cassowary Coast (R) 29,642 31,371 32,307 33,198 34,046 34,841
Central Highlands (R) 28,256 31,861 36,256 40,880 45,685 50,742
Charters Towers (R) 12,155 12,979 13,627 14,063 14,521 14,963
Cherbourg (S) 1,225 1,263 1,338 1,451 1,602 1,781
Cloncurry (S) 3,366 3,434 3,737 3,779 3,811 3,844
Cook (S) 3,695 4,018 4,287 4,544 4,831 5,157
Croydon (S) 274 281 286 288 292 295
Diamantina (S) 302 328 345 362 382 404
Doomadgee (S) 1,170 1,289 1,344 1,422 1,473 1,526
Etheridge (S) 900 962 970 992 1,010 1,026
Flinders (S) 1,911 1,821 1,782 1,759 1,752 1,752
Fraser Coast (R) 89,247 104,855 115,991 130,005 146,304 164,143
Gladstone (R) 53,941 62,982 74,459 85,655 98,174 111,690
Gold Coast (C) 466,433 544,165 613,280 677,929 739,276 798,417
Goondiwindi (R) 10,741 11,392 11,906 12,352 12,784 13,140
Gympie (R) 44,177 49,287 53,217 57,669 62,443 67,373
Hinchinbrook (S) 12,239 12,409 12,608 12,815 13,028 13,231
Hope Vale (S) 842 870 895 914 929 939
Ipswich (C) 142,477 175,469 221,713 286,430 369,185 461,990
Isaac (R) 21,113 23,277 28,266 31,418 34,270 37,000
Kowanyama (S) 1,101 1,192 1,284 1,367 1,447 1,526
Lockhart River (S) 599 637 673 705 734 761
Lockyer Valley (R) 31,932 37,710 42,961 49,000 55,911 63,551
Logan (C) 260,021 289,010 326,748 365,443 406,631 452,184
Longreach (R) 4,326 4,263 4,350 4,525 4,694 4,889
Mackay (R) 107,332 121,397 138,348 156,117 172,604 187,367
Mapoon (S) 256 285 316 344 374 404
Maranoa (R) 13,070 13,296 14,091 15,301 16,200 17,172
McKinlay (S) 955 918 918 908 907 902
Moreton Bay (R) 332,862 390,204 430,729 467,860 501,488 533,170
Mornington (S) 1,121 1,233 1,340 1,479 1,579 1,694
Mount Isa (C) 21,114 22,338 23,544 24,858 25,865 26,927
Murweh (S) 4,863 4,838 4,828 4,819 4,811 4,804
Napranum (S) 908 1,002 1,099 1,189 1,280 1,372
North Burnett (R) 10,756 10,804 11,066 11,342 11,621 11,899
Northern Peninsula Area (R) 2,138 2,288 2,435 2,583 2,724 2,861
Palm Island (S) 2,145 2,288 2,456 2,632 2,812 3,002
Paroo (S) 2,063 1,892 1,860 1,848 1,838 1,829
Pormpuraaw (S) 644 691 737 778 817 855
Quilpie (S) 1,049 998 993 990 982 979
Redland (C) 131,210 145,874 158,293 169,607 179,784 188,471
Richmond (S) 969 938 943 950 960 971
Rockhampton (R) 107,517 117,612 127,915 138,933 150,450 162,873
Scenic Rim (R) 34,750 39,149 44,957 55,002 66,832 80,364
Somerset (R) 19,676 22,502 24,997 28,131 31,613 35,245
South Burnett (R) 30,778 33,138 34,940 36,765 38,673 40,592
Southern Downs (R) 33,589 36,415 39,125 41,824 44,581 47,402
Sunshine Coast (R) 295,084 338,429 376,733 420,439 464,552 508,177
Tablelands (R) 43,507 47,572 50,622 53,464 56,500 59,873
Toowoomba (R) 151,297 164,501 180,052 198,591 220,571 244,340
Torres (S) 3,496 3,783 3,916 4,034 4,192 4,359
Torres Strait Island (R) 4,713 5,044 5,368 5,693 6,005 6,308
Townsville (C) 165,278 191,119 216,524 241,684 268,330 295,578
Weipa (T) 3,007 3,673 4,157 4,471 4,726 4,940
Western Downs (R) 30,180 32,164 34,494 36,503 38,447 40,397
Whitsunday (R) 31,355 35,743 40,618 46,008 50,928 55,451
Winton (S) 1,474 1,352 1,321 1,330 1,333 1,348
Woorabinda (S) 918 976 1,065 1,152 1,246 1,357
Wujal Wujal (S) 348 368 387 405 421 436
Yarrabah (S) 2,558 2,788 3,022 3,252 3,480 3,707
Queensland (c) 4,090,908 4,611,491 5,092,858 5,588,617 6,090,548 6,592,857
(C) City     (R) Regional Council     (S) Shire     (T) Town
 
(a) Boundaries are based on the 2011 edition of the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC).
(b) Estimated resident population (ERP).
(c) Sum of LGA data may not add to Queensland total due to rounding.
 
Caution
These population projections have been prepared using the latest available information at the time of preparation.
Accuracy to the last digit of these projections should not be assumed. Variation above or below the figures provided is to be expected, because
projections rely on the accuracy of the assumptions used, as well as the quality of data on which they are based.
 
Explanatory Notes
The June 2008 ERP figures form the base year of the projections. Information regarding the methodology used in the preparation of the 2011 population projections is available in the
Queensland Government population projections background papers.
 
For further information please contact OESR on (07) 3224 5326.
 
Source
(Projections) Queensland Government population projections, 2011 edition (medium series), Office of Economic and Statistical Research, Queensland Treasury.
(ERP) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10, cat. no. 3218.0.
 
Disclaimer: While care has been taken in preparing these tables, the State of Queensland and Demographics Australia accept no responsibility for decisions or actions
taken as a result of the use of the information.

Projected population (low series) by local government area, Queensland, 2006 to 2031

  Low series (a)
Local government area 2006 (b) 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031
— persons —
Aurukun (S) 1,129 1,212 1,244 1,261 1,271 1,280
Balonne (S) 4,927 4,798 4,791 4,910 5,019 5,123
Banana (S) 15,572 15,698 16,428 16,594 16,822 17,105
Barcaldine (R) 3,462 3,382 3,509 3,555 3,568 3,595
Barcoo (S) 383 333 312 299 286 274
Blackall-Tambo (R) 2,138 1,997 1,950 1,918 1,884 1,854
Boulia (S) 450 424 416 418 425 437
Brisbane (C) 991,260 1,081,633 1,127,905 1,163,976 1,186,831 1,198,115
Bulloo (S) 394 349 321 294 286 278
Bundaberg (R) 87,898 98,017 105,340 112,647 120,353 128,588
Burdekin (S) 18,085 18,630 18,618 18,647 18,651 18,567
Burke (S) 531 575 557 551 548 544
Cairns (R) 147,538 170,595 183,814 195,195 205,563 215,805
Carpentaria (S) 2,076 2,096 2,022 1,941 1,864 1,791
Cassowary Coast (R) 29,642 31,076 31,432 31,914 32,328 32,695
Central Highlands (R) 28,256 31,667 35,398 38,837 42,200 45,751
Charters Towers (R) 12,155 12,956 13,404 13,670 13,855 14,100
Cherbourg (S) 1,225 1,243 1,286 1,350 1,429 1,513
Cloncurry (S) 3,366 3,409 3,543 3,428 3,342 3,261
Cook (S) 3,695 3,997 4,236 4,448 4,667 4,902
Croydon (S) 274 271 274 276 278 279
Diamantina (S) 302 318 315 312 310 311
Doomadgee (S) 1,170 1,273 1,274 1,290 1,280 1,271
Etheridge (S) 900 946 942 945 945 944
Flinders (S) 1,911 1,803 1,710 1,628 1,565 1,510
Fraser Coast (R) 89,247 103,979 112,764 123,172 134,942 147,619
Gladstone (R) 53,941 62,587 70,959 78,004 85,455 93,565
Gold Coast (C) 466,433 540,579 593,016 640,508 684,072 724,492
Goondiwindi (R) 10,741 11,337 11,620 11,844 12,058 12,217
Gympie (R) 44,177 49,036 51,901 54,992 58,269 61,636
Hinchinbrook (S) 12,239 12,364 12,437 12,496 12,554 12,594
Hope Vale (S) 842 864 861 850 835 819
Ipswich (C) 142,477 174,558 210,805 259,728 319,087 380,487
Isaac (R) 21,113 23,196 27,048 29,335 31,272 33,001
Kowanyama (S) 1,101 1,189 1,242 1,283 1,319 1,352
Lockhart River (S) 599 630 649 657 664 669
Lockyer Valley (R) 31,932 37,247 41,672 46,517 51,904 57,633
Logan (C) 260,021 287,514 313,760 339,765 366,214 393,594
Longreach (R) 4,326 4,233 4,243 4,334 4,419 4,516
Mackay (R) 107,332 121,154 134,336 147,383 158,736 168,236
Mapoon (S) 256 278 284 287 288 289
Maranoa (R) 13,070 13,236 13,621 14,255 14,638 15,045
McKinlay (S) 955 904 868 822 785 747
Moreton Bay (R) 332,862 387,920 417,210 442,923 464,745 483,553
Mornington (S) 1,121 1,218 1,255 1,315 1,336 1,368
Mount Isa (C) 21,114 22,228 22,873 23,490 23,764 24,067
Murweh (S) 4,863 4,825 4,728 4,596 4,515 4,429
Napranum (S) 908 998 1,059 1,109 1,154 1,197
North Burnett (R) 10,756 10,664 10,768 10,876 10,986 11,098
Northern Peninsula Area (R) 2,138 2,279 2,356 2,421 2,475 2,525
Palm Island (S) 2,145 2,270 2,401 2,528 2,654 2,779
Paroo (S) 2,063 1,884 1,805 1,735 1,685 1,634
Pormpuraaw (S) 644 688 713 730 746 759
Quilpie (S) 1,049 991 965 933 909 888
Redland (C) 131,210 145,192 153,611 160,907 167,029 171,761
Richmond (S) 969 924 883 843 807 773
Rockhampton (R) 107,517 117,231 126,095 134,405 142,384 150,810
Scenic Rim (R) 34,750 38,719 42,662 49,140 56,538 64,629
Somerset (R) 19,676 22,272 24,449 27,062 30,020 32,998
South Burnett (R) 30,778 33,017 34,175 35,283 36,439 37,599
Southern Downs (R) 33,589 36,247 38,088 39,856 41,658 43,463
Sunshine Coast (R) 295,084 336,404 367,345 401,591 434,678 466,187
Tablelands (R) 43,507 47,362 49,522 51,292 53,056 54,949
Toowoomba (R) 151,297 163,817 175,503 188,901 204,615 221,184
Torres (S) 3,496 3,766 3,859 3,933 4,025 4,119
Torres Strait Island (R) 4,713 5,034 5,214 5,371 5,507 5,630
Townsville (C) 165,278 189,843 209,472 227,566 246,091 263,870
Weipa (T) 3,007 3,625 3,921 4,071 4,172 4,244
Western Downs (R) 30,180 32,000 33,551 34,839 36,081 37,292
Whitsunday (R) 31,355 35,608 39,289 43,126 46,392 49,180
Winton (S) 1,474 1,342 1,285 1,266 1,242 1,227
Woorabinda (S) 918 962 1,028 1,084 1,141 1,209
Wujal Wujal (S) 348 362 362 359 356 351
Yarrabah (S) 2,558 2,781 2,914 3,029 3,131 3,228
Queensland (c) 4,090,908 4,586,054 4,942,485 5,293,118 5,633,411 5,957,410
(C) City     (R) Regional Council     (S) Shire     (T) Town
 
(a) Boundaries are based on the 2011 edition of the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC).
(b) Estimated resident population (ERP).
(c) Sum of LGA data may not add to Queensland total due to rounding.
 
Caution
These population projections have been prepared using the latest available information at the time of preparation.
Accuracy to the last digit of these projections should not be assumed. Variation above or below the figures provided is to be expected, because
projections rely on the accuracy of the assumptions used, as well as the quality of data on which they are based.
 
Explanatory Notes
The June 2008 ERP figures form the base year of the projections. Information regarding the methodology used in the preparation of the 2011 population projections is available in the
Queensland Government population projections background papers.
 
For further information please contact OESR on (07) 3224 5326.
 
Source
(Projections) Queensland Government population projections, 2011 edition (low series), Office of Economic and Statistical Research, Queensland Treasury.
(ERP) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10, cat. no. 3218.0.
 
Disclaimer: While care has been taken in preparing these tables, the State of Queensland and Demographics Australia accept no responsibility for decisions or actions
taken as a result of the use of the information.

Projected population (high series) by local government area, Queensland, 2006 to 2031

  High series (a)
Local government area 2006 (b) 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031
— persons —
Aurukun (S) 1,129 1,259 1,349 1,421 1,484 1,543
Balonne (S) 4,927 4,843 5,060 5,435 5,759 6,090
Banana (S) 15,572 15,828 17,506 18,411 19,427 20,533
Barcaldine (R) 3,462 3,443 3,933 4,284 4,516 4,752
Barcoo (S) 383 353 362 381 398 415
Blackall-Tambo (R) 2,138 2,039 2,095 2,170 2,235 2,305
Boulia (S) 450 444 487 541 597 659
Brisbane (C) 991,260 1,092,158 1,175,864 1,247,364 1,299,262 1,331,088
Bulloo (S) 394 371 395 417 438 460
Bundaberg (R) 87,898 98,961 110,454 122,820 136,043 150,203
Burdekin (S) 18,085 18,682 19,347 19,831 20,355 20,614
Burke (S) 531 602 647 707 763 816
Cairns (R) 147,538 173,980 196,094 218,740 241,195 264,208
Carpentaria (S) 2,076 2,142 2,203 2,258 2,304 2,344
Cassowary Coast (R) 29,642 31,678 33,556 35,148 36,693 38,154
Central Highlands (R) 28,256 32,118 37,208 42,850 48,758 54,981
Charters Towers (R) 12,155 13,006 13,992 14,900 15,684 16,408
Cherbourg (S) 1,225 1,284 1,380 1,527 1,723 1,951
Cloncurry (S) 3,366 3,471 3,886 4,034 4,152 4,262
Cook (S) 3,695 4,031 4,361 4,692 5,066 5,489
Croydon (S) 274 291 308 322 338 352
Diamantina (S) 302 338 376 414 452 492
Doomadgee (S) 1,170 1,309 1,421 1,557 1,661 1,763
Etheridge (S) 900 974 998 1,040 1,078 1,112
Flinders (S) 1,911 1,845 1,872 1,911 1,958 2,007
Fraser Coast (R) 89,247 105,463 118,847 136,212 156,454 178,503
Gladstone (R) 53,941 63,510 77,629 91,302 106,738 123,420
Gold Coast (C) 466,433 549,879 635,791 718,173 797,677 875,457
Goondiwindi (R) 10,741 11,452 12,281 13,017 13,729 14,317
Gympie (R) 44,177 49,506 54,568 60,391 66,608 72,974
Hinchinbrook (S) 12,239 12,467 12,859 13,251 13,641 14,017
Hope Vale (S) 842 877 923 968 1,012 1,054
Ipswich (C) 142,477 178,550 238,277 324,992 441,690 580,682
Isaac (R) 21,113 23,469 29,461 34,135 38,525 42,832
Kowanyama (S) 1,101 1,198 1,329 1,449 1,568 1,684
Lockhart River (S) 599 644 708 773 840 903
Lockyer Valley (R) 31,932 37,993 44,209 51,357 59,239 67,676
Logan (C) 260,021 291,664 342,376 395,846 454,977 523,508
Longreach (R) 4,326 4,296 4,463 4,721 4,953 5,205
Mackay (R) 107,332 122,401 142,715 164,230 184,676 203,302
Mapoon (S) 256 290 340 390 442 495
Maranoa (R) 13,070 13,423 14,502 16,077 17,315 18,624
McKinlay (S) 955 936 981 1,017 1,057 1,091
Moreton Bay (R) 332,862 395,401 448,668 499,213 547,253 595,142
Mornington (S) 1,121 1,253 1,416 1,616 1,773 1,945
Mount Isa (C) 21,114 22,523 24,292 26,180 27,656 29,142
Murweh (S) 4,863 4,876 4,948 5,038 5,115 5,187
Napranum (S) 908 1,007 1,146 1,278 1,409 1,541
North Burnett (R) 10,756 10,934 11,402 11,881 12,356 12,823
Northern Peninsula Area (R) 2,138 2,293 2,506 2,728 2,945 3,155
Palm Island (S) 2,145 2,305 2,546 2,802 3,066 3,350
Paroo (S) 2,063 1,913 1,924 1,963 1,998 2,032
Pormpuraaw (S) 644 697 770 840 908 972
Quilpie (S) 1,049 1,014 1,036 1,061 1,080 1,101
Redland (C) 131,210 147,291 164,142 180,032 195,016 208,539
Richmond (S) 969 955 1,007 1,061 1,114 1,165
Rockhampton (R) 107,517 118,269 130,448 144,537 159,348 175,293
Scenic Rim (R) 34,750 39,398 46,374 59,170 74,293 91,860
Somerset (R) 19,676 22,688 25,724 29,498 33,527 37,598
South Burnett (R) 30,778 33,247 35,753 38,331 41,002 43,663
Southern Downs (R) 33,589 36,641 40,307 44,010 47,742 51,547
Sunshine Coast (R) 295,084 341,017 388,539 443,349 499,465 555,616
Tablelands (R) 43,507 47,686 51,876 56,040 60,537 65,506
Toowoomba (R) 151,297 165,749 185,039 208,599 236,385 266,496
Torres (S) 3,496 3,795 4,079 4,353 4,711 5,080
Torres Strait Island (R) 4,713 5,053 5,518 6,015 6,496 6,957
Townsville (C) 165,278 192,723 223,808 255,834 290,104 325,929
Weipa (T) 3,007 3,696 4,338 4,784 5,152 5,464
Western Downs (R) 30,180 32,378 35,532 38,342 41,027 43,701
Whitsunday (R) 31,355 36,062 41,841 48,451 54,635 60,428
Winton (S) 1,474 1,363 1,358 1,394 1,419 1,454
Woorabinda (S) 918 990 1,100 1,212 1,332 1,474
Wujal Wujal (S) 348 374 412 455 496 535
Yarrabah (S) 2,558 2,795 3,132 3,483 3,838 4,194
Queensland (c) 4,090,908 4,649,852 5,258,395 5,905,027 6,576,674 7,267,636
(C) City     (R) Regional Council     (S) Shire     (T) Town
   
(a) Boundaries are based on the 2011 edition of the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC).
(b) Estimated resident population (ERP).
(c) Sum of LGA data may not add to Queensland total due to rounding.
   
Caution
These population projections have been prepared using the latest available information at the time of preparation.
Accuracy to the last digit of these projections should not be assumed. Variation above or below the figures provided is to be expected, because
projections rely on the accuracy of the assumptions used, as well as the quality of data on which they are based.
   
Explanatory Notes
The June 2008 ERP figures form the base year of the projections. Information regarding the methodology used in the preparation of the 2011 population projections is available in the
Queensland Government population projections background papers.
   
For further information please contact OESR on (07) 3035 6418.
   
Source
(Projections) Queensland Government population projections, 2011 edition (high series), Office of Economic and Statistical Research, Queensland Treasury.
(ERP) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10, cat. no. 3218.0.
   
Disclaimer: While care has been taken in preparing these tables, the State of Queensland and Demographics Australia accept no responsibility for decisions or actions
taken as a result of the use of the information.
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