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Population of Cairns City

Last official estimated population of Cairns City (as Statistical Area Level 2) was 12 199 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.05% of total Australian population and 0.244% of QLD population. Area of Cairns City is 6.20 km², in this year population density was 1 967.58 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (+2.46%/yr), Cairns City population in 2024 would be 14 462. [0]


Cairns City historical population from 1991 to 2017 [3]

See also:

Population of Australia
Queensland population
  ↳ Cairns
   ↳ Cairns - South
↳ nearby SA2 areas:
- Manunda
- Manoora
- Whitfield - Edge Hill
- Westcourt - Bungalow
- Kanimbla - Mooroobool
- Freshwater - Stratford
- Brinsmead
- Woree

Cairns City on population maps [3]

Click to enlarge. Cairns City is located in the center of the images.

Population [people], population density [p./km²] and population change [%/year] [2]

  View borders » (new window) [4]


Population pyramid for Cairns City (2017)[2]

Female 
Alter
 Male

47 
85+
 40

73 
80-84
 66

106 
75-79
 126

161 
70-74
 207

232 
65-69
 312

279 
60-64
 366

348 
55-59
 407

400 
50-54
 431

433 
45-49
 445

358 
40-44
 418

413 
35-39
 461

671 
30-34
 718

844 
25-29
 825

604 
20-24
 594

265 
15-19
 298

207 
10-14
 197

193 
5-9
 191

242 
0-4
 221

Annual growth rate in %:

[1991-1992] +0.17 %/Yr.
[1992-1993] +0.04 %/Yr.
[1993-1994] -0.17 %/Yr.
[1994-1995] -0.58 %/Yr.
[1995-1996] +0.13 %/Yr.
[1996-1997] -3.47 %/Yr.
[1997-1998] -3.37 %/Yr.
[1998-1999] -4.03 %/Yr.
[1999-2000] -3.51 %/Yr.
[2000-2001] -2.75 %/Yr.
[2001-2002] +3.22 %/Yr.
[2002-2003] +5.60 %/Yr.
[2003-2004] +3.05 %/Yr.
[2004-2005] +5.51 %/Yr.
[2005-2006] +4.16 %/Yr.
[2006-2007] +5.59 %/Yr.
[2007-2008] +6.91 %/Yr.
[2008-2009] +4.66 %/Yr.
[2009-2010] +1.48 %/Yr.
[2010-2011] +2.31 %/Yr.
[2011-2012] +2.26 %/Yr.
[2012-2013] +2.62 %/Yr.
[2013-2014] +3.66 %/Yr.
[2014-2015] +2.42 %/Yr.
[2015-2016] +2.45 %/Yr.
[2016-2017] +2.46 %/Yr.


Sources, more info:

[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.