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 (Johnstone) |
Population (Cardwell) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 17,193 | 12,777 | 4,416 |
| 1947 | 16,611 | 12,265 | 4,346 |
| 1954 | 20,025 | 14,980 | 5,045 |
| 1961 | 20,967 | 15,784 | 5,183 |
| 1966 | 22,169 | 16,529 | 5,640 |
| 1971 | 21,614 | 15,878 | 5,736 |
| 1976 | 23,254 | 16,776 | 6,478 |
| 1981 | 25,291 | 17,438 | 7,853 |
| 1986 | 26,123 | 17,457 | 8,666 |
| 1991 | 29,066 | 19,184 | 9,882 |
| 1996 | 30,604 | 20,474 | 10,130 |
| 2001 | 30,145 | 19,511 | 10,634 |
| 2006 | 29,501 | 18,917 | 10,584 |
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