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Population of Charters Towers

Last official estimated population of Charters Towers Regional Council (as Local Government Area) was 11 968 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.05% of total Australian population and 0.24% of QLD population. Area of Charters Towers is 68 382.20 km², in this year population density was 0.18 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (-0.98%/yr), Charters Towers population in 2024 would be 11 167. [0]


Charters Towers historical population from 1996 to 2017 [4] [3]

Population for other LGA areas

↳ nearby LGA areas:
- Townsville
- Burdekin
- Hinchinbrook
- Flinders (Qld)
- Palm Island
- Cassowary Coast
- Whitsunday
- Tablelands

Charters Towers on population maps [3]

Click to enlarge. Charters Towers is located in the center of the images.

Population [people], population density [p./kmĀ²] and population change [%/year] [2]

Annual growth rate in %:

[1996-2001] +5.88 %/Y
[2001-2002] -0.37 %/Y
[2002-2003] -0.19 %/Y
[2003-2004] -0.56 %/Y
[2004-2005] -0.75 %/Y
[2005-2006] -0.46 %/Y
[2006-2007] +1.59 %/Y
[2007-2008] +1.52 %/Y
[2008-2009] +1.18 %/Y
[2009-2010] +0.63 %/Y
[2010-2011] +0.96 %/Y
[2011-2012] -0.25 %/Y
[2012-2013] -0.10 %/Y
[2013-2014] -0.19 %/Y
[2014-2015] -1.07 %/Y
[2015-2016] -1.21 %/Y
[2016-2017] -0.98 %/Y


Population pyramid for Charters Towers (2017)[2]

Female 
Alter
 Male

118 
85+
 81

147 
80-84
 129

193 
75-79
 211

285 
70-74
 320

353 
65-69
 380

382 
60-64
 384

406 
55-59
 385

371 
50-54
 326

447 
45-49
 365

375 
40-44
 352

369 
35-39
 303

298 
30-34
 279

322 
25-29
 301

294 
20-24
 304

446 
15-19
 472

513 
10-14
 515

408 
5-9
 456

334 
0-4
 344


Sources, more info:

[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.

[4] Historical population: 2001-2012, 2007-2017.