Population
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. Estimates for the Tiaro component, not included in the figures below, are: 1,315 (1991); 1,695 (1996); 1,789 (2001) and 2,197 (2006).
| Year | Population (Region total) |
Population (Gympie) |
Population (Widgee) |
Population (Kilkivan) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 15,142 | 6,539 | 5,556 | 3,047 |
| 1933 | 20,722 | 7,749 | 8,686 | 4,287 |
| 1947 | 20,388 | 8,413 | 7,834 | 4,141 |
| 1954 | 22,026 | 9,964 | 8,139 | 3,923 |
| 1961 | 22,678 | 11,094 | 7,948 | 3,636 |
| 1966 | 22,114 | 11,279 | 7,490 | 3,345 |
| 1971 | 21,027 | 11,096 | 6,959 | 2,972 |
| 1976 | 22,171 | 11,280 | 8,240 | 2,651 |
| 1981 | 24,460 | 11,420 | 10,540 | 2,500 |
| 1986 | 27,118 | 11,430 | 12,970 | 2,718 |
| 1991 | 30,626 | 14,122 | 13,651 | 2,853 |
| 1996 | 34,901 | 15,099 | 16,637 | 3,165 |
| 2001 | 36,112 | 15,021 | 17,968 | 3,123 |
| 2006 | 39,478 | 16,454 | 19,616 | 3,408 |
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