The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The most recent census in 2011 was the first for the new Region.
| Year | Population (Region total) |
Population (Esk) |
Population (Kilcoy) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 10,156 | 7,925 | 2,231 |
| 1933 | 9,874 | 7,654 | 2,220 |
| 1947 | 9,688 | 7,137 | 2,551 |
| 1954 | 9,458 | 6,985 | 2,473 |
| 1961 | 8,836 | 6,430 | 2,406 |
| 1966 | 8,463 | 6,120 | 2,343 |
| 1971 | 7,728 | 5,579 | 2,149 |
| 1976 | 8,193 | 5,970 | 2,223 |
| 1981 | 10,276 | 8,090 | 2,186 |
| 1986 | 11,686 | 9,109 | 2,577 |
| 1991 | 13,928 | 10,977 | 2,951 |
| 1996 | 16,530 | 13,391 | 3,139 |
| 2001 | 17,273 | 14,029 | 3,244 |
| 2006 | 18,426 | 15,002 | 3,424 |
| 2011 | 21,639 | 17,546 | 4,093 |
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