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Australian population clock
- one birth every 1:46 min
- one death every 3:40 min
- a net gain of one international migrant every 2:44 min
- an overall total population increase of one person every 1:31 min (ABS)
Australian census data
ABS Census website has statistical profiles for geographic areas.
Townsville & Cairns: get started with Census 2016 results
The ABS website has many options for looking at the figures from the 2016 census. These links cover the Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) for the Cairns and Townsville regions. You can use the Census site to drill down into the level of a few blocks in a neighbourhood (SA1). Note that these areas do not match Local Government suburbs exactly.
Cairns QuickStatsCairns SA4 QuickStats is for the greater Cairns area. You can see essential community statistics compared to the rest of Queensland and Australia at a glance.
Cairns Community ProfileThe Census Community Profiles are downloadable Excel files that contain Basic Community Profiles as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) profiles.
Queensland Regional ProfilesThe Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR) has updated their regional profiles series with data from the 2016 census.
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