Population density is the number of residents per square kilometre of land. Place Forecast works it out 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 population is projected using the cohort-component method. Only the population changes over time. The land area stays fixed.
A few things matter when you read density:
| 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 | 59.23 | 59.60 | 59.98 | 60.35 | 60.72 | 61.10 | 61.47 | 61.84 | 62.21 | 62.59 | 62.96 | 63.33 | 63.71 | 64.08 | 64.45 | 64.83 | 65.20 | 65.57 | 65.95 | 66.32 | 66.69 | 67.06 | 67.44 | 67.81 | 68.18 | 68.56 | 68.93 | 69.30 |
| Alberton (Qld) - Norwell | 46.92 | 48.72 | 50.37 | 51.95 | 53.28 | 53.70 | 54.26 | 54.72 | 55.26 | 55.79 | 56.33 | 56.86 | 57.40 | 57.93 | 58.47 | 59.00 | 59.54 | 60.07 | 60.60 | 61.14 | 61.67 | 62.21 | 62.74 | 63.28 | 63.81 | 64.35 | 64.88 | 65.42 | 65.95 | 66.49 | 67.02 | 67.56 | 68.09 | 68.63 | 69.16 |
| Benowa - Bundall | 1028.70 | 1032.03 | 1040.69 | 1071.99 | 1089.87 | 1095.33 | 1097.99 | 1103.66 | 1109.92 | 1116.18 | 1122.44 | 1128.70 | 1134.96 | 1141.22 | 1147.48 | 1153.74 | 1160.00 | 1166.26 | 1172.52 | 1178.78 | 1185.04 | 1191.30 | 1197.56 | 1203.82 | 1210.08 | 1216.34 | 1222.60 | 1228.86 | 1235.12 | 1241.38 | 1247.64 | 1253.90 | 1260.16 | 1266.42 | 1272.68 |
| Biggera Waters - Arundel | 1126.51 | 1141.43 | 1166.94 | 1195.34 | 1216.62 | 1218.00 | 1255.56 | 1257.36 | 1260.99 | 1264.62 | 1268.25 | 1271.88 | 1275.51 | 1279.14 | 1282.77 | 1286.40 | 1290.02 | 1293.65 | 1297.28 | 1300.91 | 1304.54 | 1308.17 | 1311.80 | 1315.43 | 1319.06 | 1322.69 | 1326.31 | 1329.94 | 1333.57 | 1337.20 | 1340.83 | 1344.46 | 1348.09 | 1351.72 | 1355.35 |
| Broadbeach Waters | 1130.02 | 1122.51 | 1141.47 | 1180.75 | 1216.08 | 1227.31 | 1237.90 | 1248.05 | 1260.48 | 1272.90 | 1285.33 | 1297.75 | 1310.18 | 1322.60 | 1335.03 | 1347.45 | 1359.88 | 1372.30 | 1384.73 | 1397.15 | 1409.58 | 1422.00 | 1434.43 | 1446.85 | 1459.28 | 1471.71 | 1484.13 | 1496.56 | 1508.98 | 1521.41 | 1533.83 | 1546.26 | 1558.68 | 1571.11 | 1583.53 |
| Burleigh Heads | 765.07 | 756.07 | 760.04 | 783.98 | 802.82 | 813.44 | 823.49 | 837.51 | 847.84 | 858.17 | 868.50 | 878.84 | 889.17 | 899.50 | 909.83 | 920.16 | 930.49 | 940.82 | 951.15 | 961.48 | 971.81 | 982.15 | 992.48 | 1002.81 | 1013.14 | 1023.47 | 1033.80 | 1044.13 | 1054.46 | 1064.79 | 1075.13 | 1085.46 | 1095.79 | 1106.12 | 1116.45 |
| Burleigh Waters - Miami | 1663.60 | 1655.78 | 1672.84 | 1714.99 | 1752.58 | 1761.15 | 1786.38 | 1795.43 | 1809.17 | 1822.91 | 1836.65 | 1850.39 | 1864.13 | 1877.87 | 1891.61 | 1905.35 | 1919.08 | 1932.82 | 1946.56 | 1960.30 | 1974.04 | 1987.78 | 2001.52 | 2015.26 | 2029.00 | 2042.74 | 2056.48 | 2070.22 | 2083.95 | 2097.69 | 2111.43 | 2125.17 | 2138.91 | 2152.65 | 2166.39 |
| Carrara - Merrimac | 662.11 | 664.80 | 669.23 | 681.74 | 692.48 | 693.35 | 694.59 | 695.44 | 699.03 | 702.62 | 706.21 | 709.80 | 713.39 | 716.98 | 720.56 | 724.15 | 727.74 | 731.33 | 734.92 | 738.51 | 742.10 | 745.69 | 749.27 | 752.86 | 756.45 | 760.04 | 763.63 | 767.22 | 770.81 | 774.39 | 777.98 | 781.57 | 785.16 | 788.75 | 792.34 |
| Coomera - Hope Island | 632.13 | 662.40 | 703.45 | 739.79 | 772.51 | 793.93 | 810.55 | 823.16 | 838.27 | 853.38 | 868.49 | 883.60 | 898.71 | 913.82 | 928.93 | 944.04 | 959.15 | 974.26 | 989.37 | 1004.48 | 1019.59 | 1034.70 | 1049.81 | 1064.92 | 1080.03 | 1095.14 | 1110.25 | 1125.36 | 1140.47 | 1155.58 | 1170.69 | 1185.80 | 1200.91 | 1216.02 | 1231.13 |
| 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 | 851.57 | 854.65 | 857.73 | 860.80 | 863.88 | 866.95 | 870.03 | 873.11 | 876.18 | 879.26 | 882.33 | 885.41 | 888.48 | 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 | 762.82 | 771.05 | 779.39 | 787.74 | 796.08 | 804.43 | 812.77 | 821.12 | 829.46 | 837.81 | 846.15 | 854.49 | 862.84 | 871.18 | 879.53 | 887.87 | 896.22 | 904.56 | 912.91 | 921.25 | 929.60 | 937.94 | 946.29 | 954.63 | 962.97 | 971.32 | 979.66 | 988.01 | 996.35 |
| Highland Park - Worongary | 511.87 | 514.53 | 517.73 | 528.10 | 533.81 | 539.77 | 553.67 | 560.44 | 567.22 | 573.99 | 580.77 | 587.55 | 594.32 | 601.10 | 607.88 | 614.65 | 621.43 | 628.20 | 634.98 | 641.76 | 648.53 | 655.31 | 662.08 | 668.86 | 675.64 | 682.41 | 689.19 | 695.97 | 702.74 | 709.52 | 716.29 | 723.07 | 729.85 | 736.62 | 743.40 |
| Labrador | 2775.16 | 2743.25 | 2753.40 | 2809.54 | 2832.90 | 2838.38 | 2842.78 | 2871.50 | 2892.97 | 2914.45 | 2935.92 | 2957.40 | 2978.87 | 3000.35 | 3021.82 | 3043.30 | 3064.77 | 3086.25 | 3107.73 | 3129.20 | 3150.68 | 3172.15 | 3193.63 | 3215.10 | 3236.58 | 3258.05 | 3279.53 | 3301.01 | 3322.48 | 3343.96 | 3365.43 | 3386.91 | 3408.38 | 3429.86 | 3451.33 |
| Main Beach | 846.19 | 841.79 | 855.61 | 871.94 | 884.50 | 936.98 | 944.58 | 944.58 | 950.44 | 956.30 | 962.17 | 968.03 | 973.89 | 979.76 | 985.62 | 991.48 | 997.35 | 1003.21 | 1009.07 | 1014.94 | 1020.80 | 1026.67 | 1032.53 | 1038.39 | 1044.26 | 1050.12 | 1055.98 | 1061.85 | 1067.71 | 1073.57 | 1079.44 | 1085.30 | 1091.16 | 1097.03 | 1102.89 |
| Mermaid Beach - Broadbeach | 3390.80 | 3462.59 | 3604.22 | 3725.61 | 3859.91 | 4018.46 | 4090.86 | 4125.81 | 4282.67 | 4439.53 | 4596.39 | 4753.25 | 4910.11 | 5066.98 | 5223.84 | 5380.70 | 5537.56 | 5694.42 | 5851.28 | 6008.14 | 6165.01 | 6321.87 | 6478.73 | 6635.59 | 6792.45 | 6949.31 | 7106.17 | 7263.04 | 7419.90 | 7576.76 | 7733.62 | 7890.48 | 8047.34 | 8204.20 | 8361.07 |
| Mermaid Waters | 1343.94 | 1355.79 | 1380.64 | 1420.56 | 1453.55 | 1460.95 | 1468.30 | 1480.07 | 1654.65 | 1829.23 | 2003.81 | 2178.39 | 2352.97 | 2527.55 | 2702.13 | 2876.71 | 3051.29 | 3225.87 | 3400.45 | 3575.03 | 3749.61 | 3924.18 | 4098.76 | 4273.34 | 4447.92 | 4622.50 | 4797.08 | 4971.66 | 5146.24 | 5320.82 | 5495.40 | 5669.98 | 5844.56 | 6019.14 | 6193.72 |
| Molendinar - Gaven | 799.64 | 790.99 | 793.73 | 803.55 | 810.28 | 819.90 | 821.69 | 824.08 | 827.99 | 831.91 | 835.83 | 839.74 | 843.66 | 847.57 | 851.49 | 855.41 | 859.32 | 863.24 | 867.16 | 871.07 | 874.99 | 878.91 | 882.82 | 886.74 | 890.66 | 894.57 | 898.49 | 902.40 | 906.32 | 910.24 | 914.15 | 918.07 | 921.99 | 925.90 | 929.82 |
| Mudgeeraba - Reedy Creek (Qld) | 271.87 | 275.42 | 278.12 | 282.43 | 287.40 | 288.87 | 289.98 | 290.79 | 291.60 | 292.42 | 293.23 | 294.04 | 294.86 | 295.67 | 296.48 | 297.29 | 298.11 | 298.92 | 299.73 | 300.54 | 301.36 | 302.17 | 302.98 | 303.79 | 304.61 | 305.42 | 306.23 | 307.04 | 307.86 | 308.67 | 309.48 | 310.29 | 311.11 | 311.92 | 312.73 |
| Nerang | 357.13 | 355.74 | 357.47 | 362.22 | 365.77 | 368.57 | 370.78 | 375.28 | 379.14 | 383.00 | 386.86 | 390.71 | 394.57 | 398.43 | 402.29 | 406.15 | 410.01 | 413.87 | 417.72 | 421.58 | 425.44 | 429.30 | 433.16 | 437.02 | 440.87 | 444.73 | 448.59 | 452.45 | 456.31 | 460.17 | 464.03 | 467.88 | 471.74 | 475.60 | 479.46 |
| Pacific Pines - Oxenford | 937.29 | 926.06 | 933.02 | 951.12 | 965.60 | 968.50 | 970.71 | 972.11 | 973.99 | 975.87 | 977.76 | 979.64 | 981.53 | 983.41 | 985.29 | 987.18 | 989.06 | 990.95 | 992.83 | 994.71 | 996.60 | 998.48 | 1000.37 | 1002.25 | 1004.13 | 1006.02 | 1007.90 | 1009.79 | 1011.67 | 1013.55 | 1015.44 | 1017.32 | 1019.21 | 1021.09 | 1022.98 |
| Palm Beach (Qld) | 1870.46 | 1901.03 | 1930.22 | 1999.93 | 2077.77 | 2100.19 | 2139.71 | 2185.28 | 2250.63 | 2315.99 | 2381.35 | 2446.71 | 2512.07 | 2577.43 | 2642.79 | 2708.15 | 2773.50 | 2838.86 | 2904.22 | 2969.58 | 3034.94 | 3100.30 | 3165.66 | 3231.02 | 3296.37 | 3361.73 | 3427.09 | 3492.45 | 3557.81 | 3623.17 | 3688.53 | 3753.89 | 3819.24 | 3884.60 | 3949.96 |
| Paradise Point - Hollywell | 1285.25 | 1290.37 | 1308.40 | 1334.37 | 1363.41 | 1371.31 | 1379.91 | 1386.83 | 1401.40 | 1415.97 | 1430.54 | 1445.11 | 1459.68 | 1474.25 | 1488.82 | 1503.38 | 1517.95 | 1532.52 | 1547.09 | 1561.66 | 1576.23 | 1590.80 | 1605.37 | 1619.94 | 1634.51 | 1649.08 | 1663.65 | 1678.22 | 1692.79 | 1707.36 | 1721.93 | 1736.50 | 1751.07 | 1765.64 | 1780.21 |
| Pimpama - Ormeau | 483.58 | 521.33 | 558.73 | 589.53 | 613.53 | 619.87 | 627.91 | 638.86 | 646.49 | 654.12 | 661.75 | 669.38 | 677.01 | 684.64 | 692.28 | 699.91 | 707.54 | 715.17 | 722.80 | 730.43 | 738.06 | 745.69 | 753.32 | 760.96 | 768.59 | 776.22 | 783.85 | 791.48 | 799.11 | 806.74 | 814.37 | 822.00 | 829.63 | 837.27 | 844.90 |
| 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 | 1400.99 | 1403.24 | 1405.48 | 1407.72 | 1409.96 | 1412.20 | 1414.45 | 1416.69 | 1418.93 | 1421.17 | 1423.41 | 1425.66 | 1427.90 | 1430.14 | 1432.38 | 1434.62 | 1436.87 | 1439.11 | 1441.35 |
| Runaway Bay - Coombabah | 841.20 | 836.62 | 841.03 | 854.60 | 865.83 | 868.43 | 870.72 | 873.16 | 875.46 | 877.77 | 880.07 | 882.37 | 884.68 | 886.98 | 889.28 | 891.59 | 893.89 | 896.19 | 898.50 | 900.80 | 903.10 | 905.41 | 907.71 | 910.01 | 912.32 | 914.62 | 916.92 | 919.23 | 921.53 | 923.83 | 926.14 | 928.44 | 930.74 | 933.05 | 935.35 |
| Southport (Qld) | 1861.68 | 1887.39 | 1922.63 | 1985.95 | 2018.73 | 2022.40 | 2032.68 | 2053.71 | 2098.53 | 2143.34 | 2188.15 | 2232.97 | 2277.78 | 2322.59 | 2367.41 | 2412.22 | 2457.03 | 2501.85 | 2546.66 | 2591.47 | 2636.29 | 2681.10 | 2725.91 | 2770.73 | 2815.54 | 2860.35 | 2905.17 | 2949.98 | 2994.79 | 3039.61 | 3084.42 | 3129.23 | 3174.05 | 3218.86 | 3263.68 |
| Surfers Paradise | 3313.67 | 3350.18 | 3510.33 | 3731.49 | 3902.39 | 3931.43 | 4155.06 | 4182.34 | 4268.46 | 4354.57 | 4440.69 | 4526.81 | 4612.92 | 4699.04 | 4785.16 | 4871.27 | 4957.39 | 5043.51 | 5129.62 | 5215.74 | 5301.86 | 5387.97 | 5474.09 | 5560.21 | 5646.33 | 5732.44 | 5818.56 | 5904.68 | 5990.79 | 6076.91 | 6163.03 | 6249.14 | 6335.26 | 6421.38 | 6507.49 |
| Tugun - Bilinga | 1468.41 | 1469.16 | 1493.52 | 1532.96 | 1572.50 | 1594.82 | 1610.93 | 1619.84 | 1656.28 | 1692.72 | 1729.16 | 1765.61 | 1802.05 | 1838.49 | 1874.93 | 1911.38 | 1947.82 | 1984.26 | 2020.71 | 2057.15 | 2093.59 | 2130.03 | 2166.48 | 2202.92 | 2239.36 | 2275.81 | 2312.25 | 2348.69 | 2385.13 | 2421.58 | 2458.02 | 2494.46 | 2530.91 | 2567.35 | 2603.79 |
| Upper Coomera | 829.75 | 834.45 | 846.33 | 867.19 | 878.44 | 883.69 | 885.78 | 897.86 | 904.47 | 911.07 | 917.68 | 924.28 | 930.88 | 937.49 | 944.09 | 950.69 | 957.30 | 963.90 | 970.50 | 977.11 | 983.71 | 990.32 | 996.92 | 1003.52 | 1010.13 | 1016.73 | 1023.33 | 1029.94 | 1036.54 | 1043.15 | 1049.75 | 1056.35 | 1062.96 | 1069.56 | 1076.16 |
| Varsity Lakes | 2069.07 | 2058.06 | 2087.30 | 2150.94 | 2197.96 | 2199.59 | 2200.30 | 2267.07 | 2370.05 | 2473.03 | 2576.00 | 2678.98 | 2781.95 | 2884.93 | 2987.90 | 3090.88 | 3193.86 | 3296.83 | 3399.81 | 3502.78 | 3605.76 | 3708.74 | 3811.71 | 3914.69 | 4017.66 | 4120.64 | 4223.61 | 4326.59 | 4429.57 | 4532.54 | 4635.52 | 4738.49 | 4841.47 | 4944.45 | 5047.42 |
| Total | 632.13 | 662.40 | 703.45 | 739.79 | 772.51 | 793.93 | 810.55 | 823.16 | 838.27 | 853.38 | 868.49 | 883.60 | 898.71 | 913.82 | 928.93 | 944.04 | 959.15 | 974.26 | 989.37 | 1004.48 | 1019.59 | 1034.70 | 1049.81 | 1064.92 | 1080.03 | 1095.14 | 1110.25 | 1125.36 | 1140.47 | 1155.58 | 1170.69 | 1185.80 | 1200.91 | 1216.02 | 1231.13 |