The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The next census, due in 2011, will be the first for the new Region.
| Year | Population (Region total) |
Population (Caloundra) |
Population (Maroochy) |
Population (Noosa) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 23,438 | 4,752 | 12,918 | 5,768 |
| 1947 | 27,399 | 6,460 | 15,014 | 5,925 |
| 1954 | 31,930 | 7,765 | 17,869 | 6,296 |
| 1961 | 33,507 | 8,319 | 19,071 | 6,117 |
| 1966 | 36,926 | 8,798 | 21,455 | 6,673 |
| 1971 | 44,582 | 11,314 | 25,522 | 7,746 |
| 1976 | 63,073 | 16,982 | 35,266 | 10,825 |
| 1981 | 100,204 | 29,705 | 53,428 | 17,071 |
| 1986 | 118,443 | 36,486 | 61,629 | 20,328 |
| 1991 | 167,254 | 53,434 | 84,442 | 29,378 |
| 1996 | 219,305 | 66,336 | 111,798 | 41,171 |
| 2001 | 252,011 | 75,261 | 129,429 | 47,321 |
| 2006 | 293,902 | 90,341 | 151,599 | 51,962 |
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