Gold Coast · Population

Question: What is the population of Gold Coast? Answer: Gold Coast, Australia (Administrative unit: Queensland) - last known population is ≈ 614 400 (year 2014). This was 2.601% of total Australia population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2011-2014 (+4.81%/year), Gold Coast population in 2024 would be: 982 528*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1961-1971] +7.06 %/year
[1971-1981] +5.86 %/year
[1981-1996] +6.71 %/year
[1996-2001] +5.44 %/year
[2001-2006] +2.25 %/year
[2006-2011] +3.27 %/year
[2011-2014] +4.81 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: -28, 153.431

Local time in Gold Coast: 12:10 Friday GMT+10.

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Gold Coast on city and population density map

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

Population for places near Gold Coast

• Brisbane 71 km,

326°
• Sunshine Coast 153 km,

347°
• Toowoomba 151 km,

288°
• Lismore 92 km,

189°
• Gympie 214 km,

339°
• Bongaree - Woorim 106 km,

347°
• Grafton 194 km,

194°
• Nambour 159 km,

343°
• Ballina 97 km,

172°
• Warwick 137 km,

259°

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).