Cairns · Population

Question: What is the population of Cairns? Answer: Cairns, Australia (Administrative unit: Queensland) - last known population is ≈ 146 800 (year 2014). This was 0.621% of total Australia population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2011-2014 (+3.11%/year), Cairns population in 2024 would be: 199 385*.

Population history [1]

Annual population change

[1961-1971] +1.71 %/year
[1971-1981] +2.65 %/year
[1981-1996] +6.94 %/year
[1996-2001] +0.24 %/year
[2001-2006] +1.53 %/year
[2006-2011] +2.75 %/year
[2011-2014] +3.11 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: -16.923, 145.766

Local time in Cairns: 13:06 Friday GMT+10.

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Cairns on city and population density map

City density [2]population density [3]Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Sources, Notices

1961c, 1971c, 1981c, 1996c, 2001c, 2006c, 2011c, 2014e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
Australian Bureau of Statistics
AUSTRALIAN DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS 2014
Census of Population and Housing, 1981
• Hagan, Jim, ed. (1997). 14. The Emergence of Multicultural Wollongong. A History of Wollongong. The University of Wollongong Press. ISBN 0-86418-446-8.
1996 census of population and housing PDF
Population growth and turnover in Local Government Areas (LGAs), 2006 to 2011 Table. Australian Bureau of Statistics. DL: 2015-11-17
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).