population.com.auLast official estimated population of Cairns Regional Council (as Local Government Area) was 163 814 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.66% of total Australian population and 3.282% of QLD population. Area of Cairns is 1 689.30 km², in this year population density was 96.97 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (+1.39%/yr), Cairns population in 2024 would be 180 396. [0]
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Population [people], population density [p./km²] and population change [%/year] [2]
[1996-2001] +0.69 %/Y
[2001-2002] +1.64 %/Y
[2002-2003] +2.58 %/Y
[2003-2004] +2.58 %/Y
[2004-2005] +3.20 %/Y
[2005-2006] +3.54 %/Y
[2006-2007] +3.34 %/Y
[2007-2008] +3.78 %/Y
[2008-2009] +3.22 %/Y
[2009-2010] +2.04 %/Y
[2010-2011] +1.38 %/Y
[2011-2012] +2.02 %/Y
[2012-2013] +1.77 %/Y
[2013-2014] +1.15 %/Y
[2014-2015] +0.86 %/Y
[2015-2016] +1.02 %/Y
[2016-2017] +1.39 %/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.