Census 2011 → 2021
Thursday Island population growth
How the population of Thursday Island, QLD (4875) changed across ABS Census years from 2011 to 2021.
Population
Census 2011 → 2016 → 2021
+7.5% over 10 years
2011 population
2,610
2016 population
2,938
2021 population
2,805
2011 → 2021
+7.5%
-133 since 2016
Thursday Island trends (2016 → 2021)
Change since the previous Census. Historical figures are mapped from State Suburbs (SSC) to today's suburb boundaries.
Population
2,805
was 2,938 in 2016
-133 · -4.5%
Median rent
$200/wk
was $151/wk in 2016
+$49 · +32.5%
Household income
$2,136/wk
was $1,987/wk in 2016
+$149 · +7.5%
Median age
30
was 28 in 2016
+2 · +7.1%
Dig deeper: Thursday Island population growth · Thursday Island then and now
Source: ABS Census 2011, 2016 & 2021. Methodology