Last official estimated population of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie (as Statistical Area Level 4) was 372 264 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 1.50% of total Australian population and 4.679% of NSW population. Area of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie is 870.00 km², in this year population density was 427.89 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (+0.75%/yr), Newcastle and Lake Macquarie population in 2024 would be 392 289. [0]
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Population [people], population density [p./km²] and population change [%/year] [2]
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[1991-1992] +0.46 %/Y
[1992-1993] +0.19 %/Y
[1993-1994] +0.38 %/Y
[1994-1995] +0.62 %/Y
[1995-1996] +0.82 %/Y
[1996-1997] +0.93 %/Y
[1997-1998] +0.81 %/Y
[1998-1999] +0.87 %/Y
[1999-2000] +0.67 %/Y
[2000-2001] +0.84 %/Y
[2001-2002] +0.67 %/Y
[2002-2003] +0.60 %/Y
[2003-2004] +0.41 %/Y
[2004-2005] +0.34 %/Y
[2005-2006] +0.25 %/Y
[2006-2007] +0.86 %/Y
[2007-2008] +1.16 %/Y
[2008-2009] +1.10 %/Y
[2009-2010] +0.94 %/Y
[2010-2011] +1.06 %/Y
[2011-2012] +0.56 %/Y
[2012-2013] +0.70 %/Y
[2013-2014] +0.76 %/Y
[2014-2015] +0.62 %/Y
[2015-2016] +0.65 %/Y
[2016-2017] +0.75 %/Y
[0] Calculated with linear interpolation from officially estimated population
[1] Read more about SA4 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] Border coordinates are simplifyed using Ramer-Douglas-Peucker algorithm.