Queensland Regions Compared, Census 2016
Queensland Government Statistician’s Office Queensland regions compared, Census 2016 The Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) regions are the largest sub-state regions in the main structure of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). SA4s generally have a population over 100,000 persons. Key points: • Gold Coast had the largest population in Queensland (569,997 persons). • While Queensland - Outback had the smallest overall population (79,700 persons) it had the largest number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (26,560 persons). • Brisbane - South had the largest percentage of persons who were born overseas (36.9%). • Brisbane Inner City had the highest median weekly personal income ($938). Figure 1: Queensland SA4s, 2016(a) Population At the time of the 2016 Census, there were 4,703,193 usual residents in Queensland (Table 1). Gold Coast had the largest population in Queensland (569,997 persons), followed by Sunshine Coast (346,522 persons). Brisbane Inner City had the highest population density, with 3,061.0 persons per km2, while Queensland - Outback had the lowest (0.1 person per km2). Wide Bay had the highest median age (46 years), while Brisbane Inner City and Queensland - Outback had the lowest (33 years). Table 1: Population, density and median age by SA4, 2016 Median SA4 Population Density age persons persons/km2 years Brisbane - East 223,095 341.6 40 Brisbane - North 206,522 1,104.7 37 Brisbane - South 340,569 1,283.5 34 Brisbane - West 178,991 663.8 36 Brisbane Inner City 250,207 3,061.0 33 Cairns 240,190 11.3 39 Central Queensland 220,912 1.9 36 Darling Downs - Maranoa 126,289 0.8 41 Gold Coast 569,997 306.8 39 Ipswich 323,069 48.4 34 Logan - Beaudesert 317,296 122.7 34 Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday 169,688 1.9 37 Moreton Bay - North 236,091 54.3 41 (a) Based on ABS ASGS 2016.
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