129,253
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Mackay · Sub-region (SA3)
Economy & Advantage in Mackay
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
A growth rate of 5.0% since 2021 leaves Mackay trailing well behind the Queensland average. While the region remains a significant hub with over 129,000 people, its recent expansion has been slower than much of the state.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
Mackay has grown by 5.0% since the last census, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas but is well below the Queensland rate of 8.7%.
5.0%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Population growth since the 2021 Census, from ABS annual estimates.
Sources
- Regional Population (Estimated Resident Population) — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Economy & Advantage in Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31202/mackay/topic/economy-advantage