Population density is the number of people per square kilometre of land. Place Forecast computes it as population divided by land area.
Density is a fair way to compare places of different size. A small town and a big city can have the same density but very different populations.
Estimated figures come from the Estimated Resident Population. Future density is projected using the cohort-component method. Only the population changes over time. The land area stays fixed within an ASGS edition.
A few things matter when you read density:
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| Small Area | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 |
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| Advancetown - Neranwood | 55.83 | 55.74 | 56.31 | 57.05 | 57.97 | 58.36 | 58.86 | 59.26 | 59.66 | 60.06 | 60.46 | 60.86 | 61.26 | 61.66 | 62.06 | 62.46 | 62.86 | 63.26 | 63.66 | 64.06 | 64.46 | 64.86 | 65.26 | 65.66 | 66.06 | 66.46 | 66.86 | 67.26 | 67.66 | 68.06 | 68.46 | 68.86 | 69.26 | 69.66 | 70.06 |
| Alberton (Qld) - Norwell | 46.92 | 48.72 | 50.37 | 51.95 | 53.28 | 53.70 | 54.26 | 54.78 | 55.30 | 55.82 | 56.33 | 56.85 | 57.37 | 57.89 | 58.40 | 58.92 | 59.44 | 59.96 | 60.48 | 60.99 | 61.51 | 62.03 | 62.55 | 63.06 | 63.58 | 64.10 | 64.62 | 65.14 | 65.65 | 66.17 | 66.69 | 67.21 | 67.73 | 68.24 | 68.76 |
| Benowa - Bundall | 1028.70 | 1032.03 | 1040.69 | 1071.99 | 1089.87 | 1095.33 | 1097.99 | 1103.28 | 1108.92 | 1114.56 | 1120.20 | 1125.84 | 1131.48 | 1137.12 | 1142.76 | 1148.40 | 1154.04 | 1159.68 | 1165.32 | 1170.96 | 1176.60 | 1182.24 | 1187.88 | 1193.53 | 1199.17 | 1204.81 | 1210.45 | 1216.09 | 1221.73 | 1227.37 | 1233.01 | 1238.65 | 1244.29 | 1249.93 | 1255.57 |
| Biggera Waters - Arundel | 1126.51 | 1141.43 | 1166.94 | 1195.34 | 1216.62 | 1218.00 | 1255.56 | 1257.65 | 1261.39 | 1265.12 | 1268.86 | 1272.59 | 1276.33 | 1280.06 | 1283.80 | 1287.53 | 1291.27 | 1295.00 | 1298.74 | 1302.47 | 1306.21 | 1309.94 | 1313.68 | 1317.41 | 1321.15 | 1324.88 | 1328.62 | 1332.35 | 1336.09 | 1339.82 | 1343.56 | 1347.29 | 1351.03 | 1354.76 | 1358.50 |
| Broadbeach Waters | 1130.02 | 1122.51 | 1141.47 | 1180.75 | 1216.08 | 1227.31 | 1237.90 | 1248.40 | 1260.80 | 1273.20 | 1285.60 | 1298.00 | 1310.39 | 1322.79 | 1335.19 | 1347.59 | 1359.99 | 1372.38 | 1384.78 | 1397.18 | 1409.58 | 1421.98 | 1434.37 | 1446.77 | 1459.17 | 1471.57 | 1483.97 | 1496.36 | 1508.76 | 1521.16 | 1533.56 | 1545.96 | 1558.35 | 1570.75 | 1583.15 |
| Burleigh Heads | 765.07 | 756.07 | 760.04 | 783.98 | 802.82 | 813.44 | 823.50 | 837.17 | 851.43 | 865.69 | 879.95 | 894.21 | 908.47 | 922.73 | 936.99 | 951.25 | 965.51 | 979.77 | 994.03 | 1008.29 | 1022.55 | 1036.81 | 1051.07 | 1065.33 | 1079.59 | 1093.85 | 1108.11 | 1122.37 | 1136.63 | 1150.89 | 1165.15 | 1179.41 | 1193.67 | 1207.93 | 1222.19 |
| Burleigh Waters - Miami | 1663.60 | 1655.78 | 1672.84 | 1714.99 | 1752.58 | 1761.15 | 1786.38 | 1794.62 | 1807.30 | 1819.99 | 1832.67 | 1845.36 | 1858.05 | 1870.73 | 1883.42 | 1896.10 | 1908.79 | 1921.47 | 1934.16 | 1946.85 | 1959.53 | 1972.22 | 1984.90 | 1997.59 | 2010.27 | 2022.96 | 2035.65 | 2048.33 | 2061.02 | 2073.70 | 2086.39 | 2099.07 | 2111.76 | 2124.44 | 2137.13 |
| Carrara - Merrimac | 662.11 | 664.80 | 669.23 | 681.74 | 692.48 | 693.35 | 694.59 | 695.74 | 699.67 | 703.59 | 707.52 | 711.45 | 715.38 | 719.31 | 723.23 | 727.16 | 731.09 | 735.02 | 738.95 | 742.87 | 746.80 | 750.73 | 754.66 | 758.59 | 762.51 | 766.44 | 770.37 | 774.30 | 778.23 | 782.15 | 786.08 | 790.01 | 793.94 | 797.87 | 801.80 |
| Coomera - Hope Island | 632.13 | 662.40 | 703.45 | 739.79 | 772.51 | 793.93 | 810.52 | 823.27 | 839.69 | 856.10 | 872.51 | 888.93 | 905.34 | 921.75 | 938.17 | 954.58 | 970.99 | 987.41 | 1003.82 | 1020.23 | 1036.65 | 1053.06 | 1069.47 | 1085.88 | 1102.30 | 1118.71 | 1135.12 | 1151.54 | 1167.95 | 1184.36 | 1200.78 | 1217.19 | 1233.60 | 1250.02 | 1266.43 |
| Currumbin Waters - Currumbin | 796.77 | 798.28 | 800.10 | 814.44 | 827.09 | 830.51 | 833.49 | 836.20 | 839.27 | 842.35 | 845.42 | 848.50 | 851.58 | 854.65 | 857.73 | 860.80 | 863.88 | 866.95 | 870.03 | 873.11 | 876.18 | 879.26 | 882.33 | 885.41 | 888.49 | 891.56 | 894.64 | 897.71 | 900.79 | 903.86 | 906.94 | 910.02 | 913.09 | 916.17 | 919.24 |
| Helensvale | 683.03 | 694.20 | 710.66 | 733.64 | 749.78 | 757.54 | 762.83 | 771.27 | 779.71 | 788.15 | 796.58 | 805.02 | 813.46 | 821.90 | 830.34 | 838.78 | 847.22 | 855.66 | 864.10 | 872.54 | 880.98 | 889.42 | 897.86 | 906.30 | 914.74 | 923.18 | 931.62 | 940.06 | 948.50 | 956.94 | 965.38 | 973.82 | 982.26 | 990.70 | 999.14 |
| Highland Park - Worongary | 511.87 | 514.53 | 517.73 | 528.10 | 533.81 | 539.77 | 553.67 | 562.67 | 571.68 | 580.68 | 589.68 | 598.68 | 607.68 | 616.69 | 625.69 | 634.69 | 643.69 | 652.69 | 661.70 | 670.70 | 679.70 | 688.70 | 697.71 | 706.71 | 715.71 | 724.71 | 733.71 | 742.72 | 751.72 | 760.72 | 769.72 | 778.72 | 787.73 | 796.73 | 805.73 |
| Labrador | 2775.16 | 2743.25 | 2753.40 | 2809.54 | 2832.90 | 2838.38 | 2842.78 | 2869.63 | 2896.92 | 2924.21 | 2951.49 | 2978.78 | 3006.07 | 3033.36 | 3060.64 | 3087.93 | 3115.22 | 3142.51 | 3169.79 | 3197.08 | 3224.37 | 3251.66 | 3278.94 | 3306.23 | 3333.52 | 3360.81 | 3388.09 | 3415.38 | 3442.67 | 3469.96 | 3497.24 | 3524.53 | 3551.82 | 3579.10 | 3606.39 |
| Main Beach | 846.19 | 841.79 | 855.61 | 871.94 | 884.50 | 936.98 | 944.57 | 944.57 | 950.43 | 956.30 | 962.16 | 968.03 | 973.89 | 979.75 | 985.62 | 991.48 | 997.34 | 1003.21 | 1009.07 | 1014.93 | 1020.80 | 1026.66 | 1032.52 | 1038.39 | 1044.25 | 1050.11 | 1055.98 | 1061.84 | 1067.70 | 1073.57 | 1079.43 | 1085.30 | 1091.16 | 1097.02 | 1102.89 |
| Mermaid Beach - Broadbeach | 3390.80 | 3462.59 | 3604.22 | 3725.61 | 3859.91 | 4018.46 | 4090.73 | 4125.60 | 4223.90 | 4322.20 | 4420.50 | 4518.81 | 4617.11 | 4715.41 | 4813.71 | 4912.01 | 5010.31 | 5108.61 | 5206.91 | 5305.21 | 5403.51 | 5501.82 | 5600.12 | 5698.42 | 5796.72 | 5895.02 | 5993.32 | 6091.62 | 6189.92 | 6288.22 | 6386.53 | 6484.83 | 6583.13 | 6681.43 | 6779.73 |
| Mermaid Waters | 1343.94 | 1355.79 | 1380.64 | 1420.56 | 1453.55 | 1460.95 | 1468.30 | 1478.96 | 1644.32 | 1809.68 | 1975.04 | 2140.41 | 2305.77 | 2471.13 | 2636.49 | 2801.85 | 2967.21 | 3132.57 | 3297.94 | 3463.30 | 3628.66 | 3794.02 | 3959.38 | 4124.74 | 4290.10 | 4455.46 | 4620.83 | 4786.19 | 4951.55 | 5116.91 | 5282.27 | 5447.63 | 5612.99 | 5778.36 | 5943.72 |
| Molendinar - Gaven | 799.64 | 790.99 | 793.73 | 803.55 | 810.28 | 819.90 | 821.69 | 823.55 | 826.79 | 830.02 | 833.25 | 836.49 | 839.72 | 842.95 | 846.18 | 849.42 | 852.65 | 855.88 | 859.11 | 862.35 | 865.58 | 868.81 | 872.04 | 875.28 | 878.51 | 881.74 | 884.97 | 888.21 | 891.44 | 894.67 | 897.91 | 901.14 | 904.37 | 907.60 | 910.84 |
| Mudgeeraba - Reedy Creek (Qld) | 271.87 | 275.42 | 278.12 | 282.43 | 287.40 | 288.87 | 289.98 | 290.64 | 291.30 | 291.95 | 292.61 | 293.27 | 293.93 | 294.59 | 295.25 | 295.90 | 296.56 | 297.22 | 297.88 | 298.54 | 299.19 | 299.85 | 300.51 | 301.17 | 301.83 | 302.49 | 303.14 | 303.80 | 304.46 | 305.12 | 305.78 | 306.44 | 307.09 | 307.75 | 308.41 |
| Nerang | 357.13 | 355.74 | 357.47 | 362.22 | 365.77 | 368.57 | 370.78 | 375.28 | 379.21 | 383.13 | 387.06 | 390.98 | 394.91 | 398.83 | 402.76 | 406.68 | 410.61 | 414.53 | 418.46 | 422.39 | 426.31 | 430.24 | 434.16 | 438.09 | 442.01 | 445.94 | 449.86 | 453.79 | 457.71 | 461.64 | 465.57 | 469.49 | 473.42 | 477.34 | 481.27 |
| Pacific Pines - Oxenford | 937.29 | 926.06 | 933.02 | 951.12 | 965.60 | 968.50 | 970.72 | 972.11 | 973.87 | 975.63 | 977.39 | 979.15 | 980.91 | 982.68 | 984.44 | 986.20 | 987.96 | 989.72 | 991.48 | 993.24 | 995.00 | 996.77 | 998.53 | 1000.29 | 1002.05 | 1003.81 | 1005.57 | 1007.33 | 1009.09 | 1010.85 | 1012.62 | 1014.38 | 1016.14 | 1017.90 | 1019.66 |
| Palm Beach (Qld) | 1870.46 | 1901.03 | 1930.22 | 1999.93 | 2077.77 | 2100.19 | 2139.66 | 2183.98 | 2251.89 | 2319.80 | 2387.72 | 2455.63 | 2523.54 | 2591.46 | 2659.37 | 2727.28 | 2795.20 | 2863.11 | 2931.02 | 2998.94 | 3066.85 | 3134.76 | 3202.68 | 3270.59 | 3338.50 | 3406.42 | 3474.33 | 3542.24 | 3610.16 | 3678.07 | 3745.98 | 3813.90 | 3881.81 | 3949.72 | 4017.64 |
| Paradise Point - Hollywell | 1285.25 | 1290.37 | 1308.40 | 1334.37 | 1363.41 | 1371.31 | 1379.90 | 1386.51 | 1400.58 | 1414.65 | 1428.72 | 1442.79 | 1456.86 | 1470.93 | 1485.00 | 1499.07 | 1513.14 | 1527.21 | 1541.28 | 1555.35 | 1569.42 | 1583.48 | 1597.55 | 1611.62 | 1625.69 | 1639.76 | 1653.83 | 1667.90 | 1681.97 | 1696.04 | 1710.11 | 1724.18 | 1738.25 | 1752.32 | 1766.39 |
| Pimpama - Ormeau | 483.58 | 521.33 | 558.73 | 589.53 | 613.53 | 619.87 | 627.91 | 638.81 | 646.34 | 653.87 | 661.40 | 668.93 | 676.46 | 683.99 | 691.53 | 699.06 | 706.59 | 714.12 | 721.65 | 729.18 | 736.71 | 744.24 | 751.78 | 759.31 | 766.84 | 774.37 | 781.90 | 789.43 | 796.96 | 804.49 | 812.03 | 819.56 | 827.09 | 834.62 | 842.15 |
| Robina | 1248.79 | 1260.57 | 1279.14 | 1313.28 | 1343.59 | 1365.04 | 1380.39 | 1380.82 | 1383.06 | 1385.30 | 1387.54 | 1389.78 | 1392.03 | 1394.27 | 1396.51 | 1398.75 | 1401.00 | 1403.24 | 1405.48 | 1407.72 | 1409.96 | 1412.21 | 1414.45 | 1416.69 | 1418.93 | 1421.18 | 1423.42 | 1425.66 | 1427.90 | 1430.15 | 1432.39 | 1434.63 | 1436.87 | 1439.11 | 1441.36 |
| Runaway Bay - Coombabah | 841.20 | 836.62 | 841.03 | 854.60 | 865.83 | 868.43 | 870.72 | 873.36 | 875.86 | 878.36 | 880.85 | 883.35 | 885.85 | 888.35 | 890.85 | 893.35 | 895.85 | 898.35 | 900.85 | 903.35 | 905.85 | 908.35 | 910.85 | 913.35 | 915.85 | 918.35 | 920.85 | 923.35 | 925.85 | 928.35 | 930.85 | 933.35 | 935.85 | 938.35 | 940.85 |
| Southport (Qld) | 1861.68 | 1887.39 | 1922.63 | 1985.95 | 2018.73 | 2022.40 | 2032.68 | 2053.70 | 2084.35 | 2115.00 | 2145.65 | 2176.29 | 2206.94 | 2237.59 | 2268.24 | 2298.88 | 2329.53 | 2360.18 | 2390.82 | 2421.47 | 2452.12 | 2482.77 | 2513.41 | 2544.06 | 2574.71 | 2605.35 | 2636.00 | 2666.65 | 2697.30 | 2727.94 | 2758.59 | 2789.24 | 2819.89 | 2850.53 | 2881.18 |
| Surfers Paradise | 3313.67 | 3350.18 | 3510.33 | 3731.49 | 3902.39 | 3931.43 | 4154.98 | 4183.96 | 4209.91 | 4235.87 | 4261.82 | 4287.78 | 4313.73 | 4339.69 | 4365.64 | 4391.60 | 4417.55 | 4443.51 | 4469.46 | 4495.42 | 4521.37 | 4547.33 | 4573.28 | 4599.24 | 4625.20 | 4651.15 | 4677.11 | 4703.06 | 4729.02 | 4754.97 | 4780.93 | 4806.88 | 4832.84 | 4858.79 | 4884.75 |
| Tugun - Bilinga | 1468.41 | 1469.16 | 1493.52 | 1532.96 | 1572.50 | 1594.82 | 1610.92 | 1619.60 | 1640.12 | 1660.63 | 1681.15 | 1701.67 | 1722.19 | 1742.71 | 1763.23 | 1783.75 | 1804.27 | 1824.79 | 1845.31 | 1865.83 | 1886.35 | 1906.86 | 1927.38 | 1947.90 | 1968.42 | 1988.94 | 2009.46 | 2029.98 | 2050.50 | 2071.02 | 2091.54 | 2112.06 | 2132.58 | 2153.10 | 2173.61 |
| Upper Coomera | 829.75 | 834.45 | 846.33 | 867.19 | 878.44 | 883.69 | 885.78 | 897.18 | 908.58 | 919.98 | 931.38 | 942.78 | 954.18 | 965.58 | 976.98 | 988.39 | 999.79 | 1011.19 | 1022.59 | 1033.99 | 1045.39 | 1056.79 | 1068.19 | 1079.59 | 1090.99 | 1102.39 | 1113.79 | 1125.19 | 1136.59 | 1148.00 | 1159.40 | 1170.80 | 1182.20 | 1193.60 | 1205.00 |
| Varsity Lakes | 2069.07 | 2058.06 | 2087.30 | 2150.94 | 2197.96 | 2199.59 | 2200.30 | 2267.07 | 2333.85 | 2400.62 | 2467.39 | 2534.16 | 2600.94 | 2667.71 | 2734.48 | 2801.25 | 2868.02 | 2934.80 | 3001.57 | 3068.34 | 3135.11 | 3201.88 | 3268.66 | 3335.43 | 3402.20 | 3468.97 | 3535.74 | 3602.52 | 3669.29 | 3736.06 | 3802.83 | 3869.60 | 3936.38 | 4003.15 | 4069.92 |
| Total | 1870.46 | 1901.03 | 1930.22 | 1999.93 | 2077.77 | 2100.19 | 2139.66 | 2183.98 | 2251.89 | 2319.80 | 2387.72 | 2455.63 | 2523.54 | 2591.46 | 2659.37 | 2727.28 | 2795.20 | 2863.11 | 2931.02 | 2998.94 | 3066.85 | 3134.76 | 3202.68 | 3270.59 | 3338.50 | 3406.42 | 3474.33 | 3542.24 | 3610.16 | 3678.07 | 3745.98 | 3813.90 | 3881.81 | 3949.72 | 4017.64 |