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 (Total) |
(Longreach) | (Ilfracombe) | (Isisford) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1933 | 6,079 | 4,564 | 642 | 873 |
1947 | 5,244 | 4,137 | 450 | 657 |
1954 | 5,694 | 4,343 | 544 | 807 |
1961 | 6,533 | 5,013 | 653 | 867 |
1966 | 6,366 | 4,959 | 660 | 747 |
1971 | 5,142 | 4,300 | 389 | 453 |
1976 | 4,911 | 4,052 | 428 | 431 |
1981 | 4,911 | 3,846 | 460 | 605 |
1986 | 4,663 | 3,871 | 327 | 465 |
1991 | 5,153 | 4,369 | 344 | 440 |
1996 | 5,054 | 4,419 | 333 | 302 |
2001 | 5,037 | 4,368 | 356 | 313 |
2006 | 4,806 | 4,180 | 279 | 347 |
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