Welcome to Whitsunday Regional Council Community Profile

The Whitsunday Region is located in north Queensland, about 1,100 kilometres north of Brisbane and 600 kilometres south of Cairns.

The Whitsunday Regional Council Community Profile provides demographic analysis for the Regional Council and its suburbs based on results from the 2011, 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing. The profile is updated with population estimates when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases new figures.

Important

Statistics

Population

33,295

ERP 2012

Land area

2,387,045

hectares (23,870 Km2)

Population density

0.01

persons per hectare
Queensland, Australia
Whitsunday Regional Council
NEWS

.id launches economy.id lite

(13/06/2013)

This week, we launched the first stage of the new economy.id, which we are calling ‘economy.id lite’. Economy.id lite enables you to see all of the navigation for the new site, but only some of the pages are active. All profile.id clients have access to economy.id lite. You can find it under “Other resources” in the menu on the left or Learn more

New! Custom reports

(12/06/2013)

Custom reports are now available on this website. Go to “Downloads” in the menu, click on “Reports” and enjoy creating your own reports by selecting the topics you require and the areas you would like them for. Learn more

The data exporter is back!

(12/06/2013)

You can now download data from this website for further analysis. Go to Go to “Downloads” in the menu, click on “Data exporter”. Once you’ve signed in, you can use the wizard to step through and create your own data downloads.Learn more
This community profile is just one of a family of demographic resources available for this area and other areas across Australia. The full suite of resources includes community profiles, population forecasts, social atlases and economic profiles. You can be confident using them for planning, research and advocacy as they are compiled and maintained with the latest data by population experts, .id. Access them online in the Demographic Resource Centre.