Economic Needs Analysis Report · MCU15/0122

FIGURE 4.1: The Trade Area




4.2     POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD GROWTH

TABLE 4.1 summarises the historic and projected population growth for the defined
Catchment Area. Population estimates are based on the results of the 2011 ABS Population
and Household Census, subsequent building approval data and projections provided by the
Queensland Government Statisticians Office (QGSO).

TABLE 4.1: Population and Household Growth for Primary Trade Area 2011 – 2031
                           JUNE       JUNE        JUNE       JUNE       JUNE       JUNE       JUNE
                           2011       2014        2015       2016       2021       2026       2031
                           (ACT)      (EST)       (EST)     (PROJ)     (PROJ)     (PROJ)     (PROJ)
 Population               51,038      53,052     53,620     54,620     58,540     59,600     61,030
 Dwellings                19,108      19,930     20,230     20,530     21,910     22,660     23,410
 Persons per Household      2.67       2.66       2.65       2.66       2.67       2.63       2.61
SOURCE: ABS Census 2011, ABS Building Approval Data, QGSO, Urban Economics’s Estimates

The Catchment Area experienced modest population growth in the period between 2011 and
2015, with an annual growth rate of 1.2%, increasing from approximately 51,000 persons
residing in 19,100 dwellings in 2011 to 53,600 persons residing in 20,230 dwellings by June
2015.




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