17,675
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Outback - South · Sub-region (SA3)
Economy & Advantage in Outback - South
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
A slow rate of growth defines the local economy in Outback - South, where only 1.5% of the population was added since 2021. This modest increase reflects a stable but sparsely populated region of 17,675 people.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
Population growth is much lower than in most areas, falling well below the Queensland figure of 8.7%.
1.5%
Lower than 88% 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 Outback - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31503/outback-south/topic/economy-advantage