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Population of Cape York

Last official estimated population of Cape York (as Statistical Area Level 2) was 7 988 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.03% of total Australian population and 0.16% of QLD population. Area of Cape York is 112 960.70 km², in this year population density was 0.07 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (+2.74%/yr), Cape York population in 2024 would be 9 652. [0]


Cape York historical population from 1991 to 2017 [3]

See also:

Population of Australia
Queensland population
  ↳ Queensland - Outback
   ↳ Far North
↳ nearby SA2 areas:
- Aurukun
- Weipa
- Kowanyama - Pormpuraaw
- Daintree
- Northern Peninsula
- Port Douglas
- Tablelands
- Torres

Cape York on population maps [3]

Click to enlarge. Cape York 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 Cape York (2017)[2]

Female 
Alter
 Male

17 
85+
 25

31 
80-84
 30

52 
75-79
 82

105 
70-74
 171

152 
65-69
 257

215 
60-64
 259

276 
55-59
 233

238 
50-54
 284

223 
45-49
 258

223 
40-44
 257

205 
35-39
 264

245 
30-34
 229

352 
25-29
 321

303 
20-24
 320

226 
15-19
 236

295 
10-14
 308

309 
5-9
 305

312 
0-4
 370

Annual growth rate in %:

[1991-1992] +1.65 %/Yr.
[1992-1993] +2.04 %/Yr.
[1993-1994] +1.85 %/Yr.
[1994-1995] +2.03 %/Yr.
[1995-1996] +2.10 %/Yr.
[1996-1997] +2.80 %/Yr.
[1997-1998] +3.17 %/Yr.
[1998-1999] +2.55 %/Yr.
[1999-2000] +2.27 %/Yr.
[2000-2001] +1.54 %/Yr.
[2001-2002] +0.09 %/Yr.
[2002-2003] -0.79 %/Yr.
[2003-2004] +1.03 %/Yr.
[2004-2005] -1.34 %/Yr.
[2005-2006] -0.42 %/Yr.
[2006-2007] +2.28 %/Yr.
[2007-2008] +2.82 %/Yr.
[2008-2009] +4.01 %/Yr.
[2009-2010] +2.91 %/Yr.
[2010-2011] +3.36 %/Yr.
[2011-2012] -0.59 %/Yr.
[2012-2013] +0.71 %/Yr.
[2013-2014] -1.41 %/Yr.
[2014-2015] +2.36 %/Yr.
[2015-2016] +2.53 %/Yr.
[2016-2017] +2.74 %/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.