population.com.auLast official estimated population of Mackay Regional Council (as Local Government Area) was 116 618 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.47% of total Australian population and 2.337% of QLD population. Area of Mackay is 7 613.30 km², in this year population density was 15.32 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (-0.51%/yr), Mackay population in 2024 would be 112 503. [0]
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Population [people], population density [p./km²] and population change [%/year] [2]
[2001-2002] +2.48 %/Y
[2002-2003] +2.28 %/Y
[2003-2004] +2.82 %/Y
[2004-2005] +3.76 %/Y
[2005-2006] +3.67 %/Y
[2006-2007] +2.37 %/Y
[2007-2008] +2.47 %/Y
[2008-2009] +2.59 %/Y
[2009-2010] +1.99 %/Y
[2010-2011] +2.02 %/Y
[2011-2012] +1.32 %/Y
[2012-2013] +1.18 %/Y
[2013-2014] +0.03 %/Y
[2014-2015] -0.52 %/Y
[2015-2016] -0.91 %/Y
[2016-2017] -0.51 %/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.