Population
Populations are provided below for the Gold Coast (Southport/Coolangatta, South Coast, Gold Coast) and Albert entities. As Albert included the entire Logan City area prior to 1978, figures are only provided from the 1976 census.
| Year | Population (Gold Coast) |
Annual growth (%) |
Population (Albert) |
Annual growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 6,046 | N/A | ||
| 1947 | 13,888 | 6.12 | ||
| 1954 | 19,807 | 5.20 | ||
| 1961 | 33,716 | 7.90 | ||
| 1966 | 49,481 | 7.97 | 6,437 | N/A |
| 1971 | 66,697 | 6.15 | 10,165 | 9.57% |
| 1976 | 87,510 | 5.58 | 24,268 | 19.01% |
| 1981 | 117,824 | 6.13 | 54,870 | 17.72 |
| 1986 | 130,304 | 2.03 | 92,766 | 11.07 |
| 1991 | 157,857 | 3.91 | 143,697 | 9.15 |
| Year | Population | Annual growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 301,554 | 6.21 |
| 1996 | 375,175 | 4.47 |
| 2001 | 441,736 | 3.32 |
| 2006 | 507,876 | 2.83 |
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