Last official estimated population of Walgett - Lightning Ridge (as Statistical Area Level 2) was 6 504 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.03% of total Australian population and 0.082% of NSW population. Area of Walgett - Lightning Ridge is 27 011.70 km², in this year population density was 0.24 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (-1.89%/yr), Walgett - Lightning Ridge population in 2024 would be 5 693. [0]
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Population [people], population density [p./km²] and population change [%/year] [2]
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[1991-1992] +1.62 %/Yr.
[1992-1993] +1.01 %/Yr.
[1993-1994] +1.18 %/Yr.
[1994-1995] +0.50 %/Yr.
[1995-1996] +0.72 %/Yr.
[1996-1997] -0.31 %/Yr.
[1997-1998] -0.18 %/Yr.
[1998-1999] -0.32 %/Yr.
[1999-2000] -0.34 %/Yr.
[2000-2001] -0.17 %/Yr.
[2001-2002] -2.45 %/Yr.
[2002-2003] -2.99 %/Yr.
[2003-2004] -3.52 %/Yr.
[2004-2005] -2.77 %/Yr.
[2005-2006] -2.34 %/Yr.
[2006-2007] -2.16 %/Yr.
[2007-2008] -1.07 %/Yr.
[2008-2009] +0.33 %/Yr.
[2009-2010] -0.18 %/Yr.
[2010-2011] -1.74 %/Yr.
[2011-2012] -1.66 %/Yr.
[2012-2013] -1.70 %/Yr.
[2013-2014] -1.38 %/Yr.
[2014-2015] -1.58 %/Yr.
[2015-2016] -1.75 %/Yr.
[2016-2017] -1.89 %/Yr.
[0] Calculated with linear interpolation from officially estimated population
[1] Read more about SA2 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.