Last official estimated population of Whitsunday Regional Council (as Local Government Area) was 34 784 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.14% of total Australian population and 0.697% of QLD population. Area of Whitsunday is 23 818.90 km², in this year population density was 1.46 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (+0.71%/yr), Whitsunday population in 2024 would be 36 556. [0]
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Population [people], population density [p./kmĀ²] and population change [%/year] [2]
[2001-2002] +2.19 %/Y
[2002-2003] +1.77 %/Y
[2003-2004] +1.71 %/Y
[2004-2005] +2.17 %/Y
[2005-2006] +2.19 %/Y
[2006-2007] +1.67 %/Y
[2007-2008] +1.88 %/Y
[2008-2009] +1.60 %/Y
[2009-2010] +0.95 %/Y
[2010-2011] +0.86 %/Y
[2011-2012] +3.03 %/Y
[2012-2013] +2.14 %/Y
[2013-2014] +0.73 %/Y
[2014-2015] +0.43 %/Y
[2015-2016] +0.08 %/Y
[2016-2017] +0.71 %/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.