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Population of Wakefield

Last official estimated population of Wakefield District Council (as Local Government Area) was 6 919 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.03% of total Australian population and 0.399% of SA population. Area of Wakefield is 3 468.50 km², in this year population density was 1.99 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (-0.45%/yr), Wakefield population in 2024 would be 6 706. [0]


Wakefield historical population from 1996 to 2017 [4] [3]

Population for other LGA areas

↳ nearby LGA areas:
- Clare and Gilbert Valleys
- Mallala
- Barunga West
- Light
- Copper Coast
- Goyder
- Gawler
- Port Pirie City and Dists

Wakefield on population maps [3]

Click to enlarge. Wakefield 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] -0.56 %/Y
[2001-2002] +0.15 %/Y
[2002-2003] -0.52 %/Y
[2003-2004] -0.24 %/Y
[2004-2005] -0.05 %/Y
[2005-2006] 0.00 %/Y
[2006-2007] +0.40 %/Y
[2007-2008] +0.40 %/Y
[2008-2009] +0.65 %/Y
[2009-2010] +0.97 %/Y
[2010-2011] +0.73 %/Y
[2011-2012] +0.55 %/Y
[2012-2013] +0.93 %/Y
[2013-2014] +0.80 %/Y
[2014-2015] +0.52 %/Y
[2015-2016] +0.26 %/Y
[2016-2017] -0.45 %/Y


Population pyramid for Wakefield (2017)[2]

Female 
Alter
 Male

124 
85+
 61

94 
80-84
 82

106 
75-79
 110

162 
70-74
 186

208 
65-69
 237

243 
60-64
 267

238 
55-59
 239

224 
50-54
 254

223 
45-49
 236

192 
40-44
 214

157 
35-39
 191

199 
30-34
 181

185 
25-29
 147

135 
20-24
 199

199 
15-19
 219

238 
10-14
 212

218 
5-9
 248

235 
0-4
 256


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.