population.com.auLast official estimated population of Townsville City (as Local Government Area) was 192 988 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.78% of total Australian population and 3.867% of QLD population. Area of Townsville is 3 730.80 km², in this year population density was 51.73 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (+0.86%/yr), Townsville population in 2024 would be 204 868. [0]
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Population [people], population density [p./km²] and population change [%/year] [2]
[1996-2001] +10.37 %/Y
[2001-2002] +2.19 %/Y
[2002-2003] +1.96 %/Y
[2003-2004] +2.17 %/Y
[2004-2005] +2.75 %/Y
[2005-2006] +2.67 %/Y
[2006-2007] +2.53 %/Y
[2007-2008] +3.05 %/Y
[2008-2009] +2.71 %/Y
[2009-2010] +2.00 %/Y
[2010-2011] +2.03 %/Y
[2011-2012] +1.94 %/Y
[2012-2013] +1.58 %/Y
[2013-2014] +1.21 %/Y
[2014-2015] +0.65 %/Y
[2015-2016] +0.70 %/Y
[2016-2017] +0.86 %/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.