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  Statistical Portrait  : Outer South East Region - 2001 Population

2001 Population

  • With an estimated resident population of 12,558 people at 30 June 2001, Runcorn was the most populous SLA in the Outer South-East Region with 16.0% of the Outer South-East Region's population.

  • Rochedale had the smallest population of the SLAs in the Outer South-East Region, with an estimated resident population of 1,187 people.

  • On Census night 2001, 73,685 people (96.0% of the population) in the Outer South-East Region were counted at home. A further 1,413 people (1.8%) were visitors from Queensland, 578 people (0.8%) were interstate visitors, and 1,044 people (1.4%) were visitors from overseas.

  • Eight Mile Plains had the highest number of visitors of any of the SLAs in the Outer South-East Region with 242 visitors from Queensland, 147 from interstate and 259 from overseas. However, Rochedale had the highest percentage of visitors, totalling 9.8% of all persons counted in that SLA. Mount Gravatt East had the lowest proportion of visitors with 3.1%, more than half of whom were from Queensland.

  • Rochedale had the highest proportion of interstate visitors (6.1%) and Stretton-Karawatha had the highest proportion of overseas visitors (2.5%).

 Population 2001 (numbers)
 
Estimated
resident
population
Census Counts
Counted at
home
No.
Visitor from
Queensland
No.
Interstate
visitor
No.
Overseas
visitor
No.
Total
persons
No.
 Eight Mile Plains
11,194 
10,505 
242 
147 
259 
11,153 
 Kuraby
4,788 
4,537 
71 
25 
76 
4,709 
 MacGregor
5,437 
4,979 
84 
26 
90 
5,179 
 Mansfield
9,686 
9,129 
162 
61 
78 
9,430 
 Mount Gravatt
3,203 
2,960 
51 
23 
54 
3,088 
 Mount Gravatt East
9,748 
9,141 
176 
34 
66 
9,417 
 Rochedale
1,187 
1,134 
29 
76 
17 
1,256 
 Runcorn
12,558 
11,885 
223 
57 
185 
12,350 
 Stretton-Karawatha
3,353 
2,999 
38 
14 
77 
3,128 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
7,615 
7,126 
172 
70 
65 
7,433 
 Wishart
9,854 
9,290 
165 
45 
77 
9,577 
 Outer South-East Region
78,623 
73,685 
1,413 
578 
1,044 
76,720 
 Brisbane City
898,480 
838,099 
25,679 
10,002 
14,669 
888,449 

 

 Population 2001 (percentages)
 
Census Counts
Counted at
home
%
Visitor from
Queensland
%
Interstate
visitor
%
Overseas
visitor
%
Total
persons
%
 Eight Mile Plains
94.2% 
2.2% 
1.3% 
2.3% 
100.0% 
 Kuraby
96.3% 
1.5% 
0.5% 
1.6% 
100.0% 
 MacGregor
96.1% 
1.6% 
0.5% 
1.7% 
100.0% 
 Mansfield
96.8% 
1.7% 
0.6% 
0.8% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt
95.9% 
1.7% 
0.7% 
1.7% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt East
97.1% 
1.9% 
0.4% 
0.7% 
100.0% 
 Rochedale
90.3% 
2.3% 
6.1% 
1.4% 
100.0% 
 Runcorn
96.2% 
1.8% 
0.5% 
1.5% 
100.0% 
 Stretton-Karawatha
95.9% 
1.2% 
0.4% 
2.5% 
100.0% 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
95.9% 
2.3% 
0.9% 
0.9% 
100.0% 
 Wishart
97.0% 
1.7% 
0.5% 
0.8% 
100.0% 
 Outer South-East Region
96.0% 
1.8% 
0.8% 
1.4% 
100.0% 
 Brisbane City
94.3% 
2.9% 
1.1% 
1.7% 
100.0% 

 


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