HIGH CENSUS NIGHT RATIOS, QUEENSLAND


In 2011, Queensland had almost a third of the high Census Night ratio LGAs (14 out of 46) and some of the highest Census Night ratios in Australia. High Census Night ratios were found in tourist areas such as Cairns, Barcaldine, Carpentaria, Central Highlands, Flinders and Longreach, and mining areas such as Cloncurry, Isaac, Mt Isa, Paroo and Weipa.

Local Government Area	Census Night Population	Usual Resident Population	Census Night Ratio(a)
Carpentaria	3 144	2 054	153.1
Isaac	34 042	22 587	150.7
Cloncurry	4 762	3 228	147.5
Cook	5 670	4 153	136.5
Longreach	5 295	4 188	126.4
Whitsunday	38 021	31 427	121.0
Central Highlands	33 740	28 715	117.5
Cairns	180 571	156 170	115.6
Weipa	3 825	3 332	114.8
Flinders	2 052	1 792	114.5
Paroo	2 122	1 858	114.2
Northern Peninsula Area	2 618	2 299	113.9
Barcaldine	3 582	3 215	111.4
Mount Isa	23 284	21 238	109.6
(a) The Census Night ratio is the ratio of the Census Night population to usual resident population, multiplied by 100.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2011.

The Census Night population of Carpentaria had a large number of people over the age of 50, as shown in the population pyramid below. These may be retired travellers: commonly known as "grey nomads" (see ABS Review of Counting the Homeless Methodology 2011, cat. no. 2050.0.55.002, for details on how this population is defined by ABS). Other LGAs that also had relatively large numbers of people aged over 50 years in the Census Night population included Longreach and Flinders in Queensland and Exmouth and Northampton in Western Australia.

You can find population pyramids for LGAs in Queensland with a high Census Night population ratio, by following the links below.
Carpentaria
Isaac
Cloncurry
Cook
Longreach
Whitsunday
Central Highlands
Cairns
Weipa
Flinders
Paroo
Northern Peninsula Area
Barcaldine
Mount Isa