https://www.abs.gov.au /AUSSTATS/ TABLE 1.1. Population by sex, states and territories, 31 December 1788 onwards - 23 May 2014
Estimates in 2024 based on www.abs.gov.au and www.population.net.au
With the gold rush, the population doubled the following year.
* Queensland breakdown of cities 1901-1996
1901 City Country Total
1933 City Country Total
1981 City Country Total
1991 City Country Total
1996 City Country Total
2018 City Country Total
2021 census (Click here for Wikipedia breakdown) of Significant Urban Areas. Click here for Islands.
Other Urban areas with more than 10,000 residents in 2021
* Brisbane GCCSA Greater Capital City Statistical Area. Since 1971, Greater Brisbane has steadily stretched to a distance of 200 kms that now includes Brisbane north to Caboolture and Kilcoy, west to Laidley and Esk, south to Boonah, Beaudesert and Beenleigh, but excluding the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast.
** In 2008 the City of Caloundra (named a city in 1987, previously Shire of Landsborough), merged with Shire of Maroochy in Nambour (90kms on the M1 north of Aspley and named a settlement in 1890), forming Sunshine Coast region based in Maroochydore.
The Shire of Noosa named a shire in 1910 with its council based in Tewantin was temporarily part of this amalgamation. Following a referendum in 2014, the shire having its main business area today in Noosaville, and its developed retail area in Noosa Heads was re-established. Its population of 56,000 is however included in the above Sunshine Coast figure of 382,000.
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