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Population of Longreach

Last official estimated population of Longreach Regional Council (as Local Government Area) was 3 598 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.01% of total Australian population and 0.072% of QLD population. Area of Longreach is 40 572.20 km², in this year population density was 0.09 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (-3.46%/yr), Longreach population in 2024 would be 2 812. [0]


Longreach historical population from 2001 to 2017 [4] [3]

Population for other LGA areas

↳ nearby LGA areas:
- Barcaldine
- Winton
- Barcoo
- Quilpie
- Blackall-Tambo
- Flinders (Qld)
- Richmond
- Murweh

Longreach on population maps [3]

Click to enlarge. Longreach is located in the center of the images.

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

Annual growth rate in %:

[2001-2002] +0.18 %/Y
[2002-2003] -2.16 %/Y
[2003-2004] -1.53 %/Y
[2004-2005] -2.17 %/Y
[2005-2006] -2.57 %/Y
[2006-2007] 0.00 %/Y
[2007-2008] +0.46 %/Y
[2008-2009] +0.62 %/Y
[2009-2010] +0.73 %/Y
[2010-2011] +1.08 %/Y
[2011-2012] -1.84 %/Y
[2012-2013] -2.68 %/Y
[2013-2014] -1.88 %/Y
[2014-2015] -5.34 %/Y
[2015-2016] -2.23 %/Y
[2016-2017] -3.46 %/Y


Population pyramid for Longreach (2017)[2]

Female 
Alter
 Male

34 
85+
 23

39 
80-84
 42

45 
75-79
 42

63 
70-74
 69

96 
65-69
 118

106 
60-64
 135

134 
55-59
 120

168 
50-54
 132

121 
45-49
 98

103 
40-44
 94

112 
35-39
 92

123 
30-34
 102

145 
25-29
 86

111 
20-24
 127

122 
15-19
 112

108 
10-14
 115

111 
5-9
 122

101 
0-4
 127


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.