population.com.auLast official estimated population of Lake Macquarie City (as Local Government Area) was 203 376 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.82% of total Australian population and 2.556% of NSW population. Area of Lake Macquarie is 648.60 km², in this year population density was 313.56 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (+0.52%/yr), Lake Macquarie population in 2024 would be 210 836. [0]
Click to enlarge. Lake Macquarie is located in the center of the images.
Population [people], population density [p./km²] and population change [%/year] [2]
[1996-2001] +1.06 %/Y
[2001-2002] +0.55 %/Y
[2002-2003] +0.42 %/Y
[2003-2004] +0.13 %/Y
[2004-2005] +0.07 %/Y
[2005-2006] -0.02 %/Y
[2006-2007] +0.62 %/Y
[2007-2008] +0.95 %/Y
[2008-2009] +1.10 %/Y
[2009-2010] +0.87 %/Y
[2010-2011] +0.79 %/Y
[2011-2012] +0.45 %/Y
[2012-2013] +0.64 %/Y
[2013-2014] +0.65 %/Y
[2014-2015] +0.49 %/Y
[2015-2016] +0.54 %/Y
[2016-2017] +0.52 %/Y
[0] Calculated with linear interpolation from officially estimated population
[1] Read more about LGA and Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) on abs.gov.au
[2] Population data from Australian Bureau of Statistics (Population and density: 2017; change: 2016-2017)
[3] Digital Boundaries: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016.