Rockhampton is located in Queensland, Australia. This city has a population of 80,665 people. It is the fourth largest regional city in Queensland. Rockhampton is known for its many days of sunshine, which makes it possible to participate in a variety of outdoor sports and activities. Multiple attractions, retail shopping, and a thriving economy make Rockhampton a desirable city.
In Rockhampton, the population is 50.6% female and 49.4% male. Over 88% of the population are citizens of Australia. Over 7% of the population are Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Almost 80% of the population is over the age of 15. The average household size in Rockhampton is 2.48.
Rockhampton was first settled by Europeans in 1853. In the years that followed, there were multiple battles between European settlers and the Darumbal Aboriginal people. The permanent settlement of Rockhampton township was established in 1856. Because of its grazing lands and surrounding waters, the town began to experience rapid growth. Two years after the township was established, the town of Rockhampton was proclaimed.
The population boomed in the late 1850s with the discovery of gold at Canoona. However, not much else was found after the initial discovery. Once it was realized that no more gold was to be found, some people left, while others remained in the town.
The town continued to grow throughout the years, and the latter half of the 1800s saw the construction of banks, a court house, and schools. Rockhampton was also an important port that exported wool, further contributing to the economy. The port was used to channel gold found at Mount Morgan and the town continued to prosper.
Rockhampton was proclaimed a city in 1902 and the years that followed brought continued growth, including a passenger tramway and a railway. Rockhampton was also the site of an Army base during World War II.
Rockhampton also saw its share of struggles, starting with damage incurred during a cyclone in 1949. The city was again affected by a cyclone in 2015, which brought flooding and damaged hundreds of homes and businesses.
Today, the economy is reliant upon the agricultural sector, including cattle trade. Transport, manufacturing, energy and mining are also important industries in modern Rockhampton. Tourism is also a booming industry because of its proximity to Brisbane, as well as attractions such as the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens and Rockhampton Zoo.
Rockhampton has primarily seen steady population growth since the 1930s. Though there was a slight decline between 1996 and 2001, the city has bounced back in terms of population growth and has experienced rising numbers since 2006. Rockhampton’s weather, activities, natural attractions, retail shopping, and business opportunities ensure that the city will continue to see growth into the future.
| City | 2025 Pop. ↓ | Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 5,391,890 | |
| Sydney | 5,248,790 | |
| Brisbane | 2,568,170 | |
| Perth | 2,169,190 | |
| Adelaide | 1,392,940 | |
| Gold Coast | 752,570 | |
| Canberra | 482,986 | |
| Newcastle | 469,794 | |
| Wollongong | 318,535 | |
| Logan City | 282,673 | |
| Geelong | 137,220 | |
| Townsville | 128,808 | |
| Hobart | 128,557 | |
| Rockingham | 108,022 | |
| Cairns | 98,349 | |
| Toowoomba | 95,265 | |
| Darwin | 89,905 | |
| Mandurah | 83,294 | |
| Ballarat | 78,221 | |
| Bendigo | 76,051 | |
| Launceston | 71,395 | |
| Mackay | 66,874 | |
| Armadale | 62,296 | |
| Maitland | 61,431 | |
| Adelaide Hills | 60,394 | |
| South Brisbane | 60,000 | |
| Bunbury | 54,482 | |
| Reservoir | 47,637 | |
| Bundaberg | 46,961 | |
| Wagga Wagga | 46,735 | |
| Berwick | 44,779 | |
| Hervey Bay | 41,225 | |
| Port Macquarie | 39,219 | |
| Blacktown | 39,000 | |
| Shepparton | 38,773 | |
| Caloundra | 38,706 | |
| Hoppers Crossing | 38,108 | |
| Werribee | 37,737 | |
| Melton | 35,490 | |
| Castle Hill | 35,389 | |
| Saint Albans | 35,091 | |
| Nowra | 34,479 | |
| Frankston East | 34,457 | |
| Frankston | 34,457 | |
| Rowville | 34,145 | |
| Baulkham Hills | 33,945 | |
| Mount Waverley | 33,611 | |
| St Albans | 33,511 | |
| Tamworth | 33,475 | |
| Auburn | 33,122 | |
| Pakenham South | 32,911 | |
| Point Cook | 32,413 | |
| Epping | 32,200 | |
| Orange | 31,544 | |
| Kalgoorlie | 31,107 | |
| Dubbo | 30,574 | |
| Bankstown | 30,572 | |
| Mill Park | 30,517 | |
| Kwinana | 30,433 | |
| Preston | 29,925 | |
| Hurstville | 29,822 | |
| Sunbury | 29,566 | |
| Bathurst | 28,992 | |
| Gladstone | 28,808 | |
| Narre Warren South | 28,594 | |
| Noble Park | 28,377 | |
| Southport | 28,315 | |
| Kellyville | 27,971 | |
| Port Stephens | 27,531 | |
| Geraldton | 27,420 | |
| Banora Point | 27,368 | |
| Lismore | 27,069 | |
| Doncaster East | 27,047 | |
| Croydon | 26,946 | |
| Maroubra | 26,538 | |
| Coffs Harbour | 26,353 | |
| Mosman | 26,236 | |
| Richmond | 26,121 | |
| Narre Warren | 25,882 | |
| Randwick | 25,819 | |
| Strathfield | 25,813 | |
| Bundoora | 25,709 | |
| Albany | 25,196 | |
| Alice Springs | 25,186 | |
| Quakers Hill | 25,017 | |
| Palmerston | 25,000 | |
| Endeavour Hills | 25,000 | |
| Coburg | 24,977 | |
| Dandenong | 24,919 | |
| Fremantle | 24,835 | |
| Ferntree Gully | 24,724 | |
| Campsie | 24,541 | |
| Kew | 23,876 | |
| Hampton Park | 23,767 | |
| Canning Vale | 23,289 | |
| Glen Iris | 23,270 | |
| Mount Gambier | 23,209 | |
| Marrickville | 23,161 | |
| Northcote | 22,920 | |
| Granville | 22,889 | |
| Mount Isa | 22,785 | |
| Keysborough | 22,700 | |
| Armidale | 22,673 | |
| Morphett Vale | 22,602 | |
| Dianella | 22,521 | |
| Forest Lake | 22,426 | |
| Mornington | 22,421 | |
| Thornlie | 22,265 | |
| Ashfield | 22,000 | |
| Traralgon | 21,960 | |
| Dandenong North | 21,910 | |
| Busselton | 21,898 | |
| Cabramatta | 21,783 | |
| Greystanes | 21,703 | |
| Tarneit | 21,690 | |
| Maryborough | 21,501 | |
| Caboolture | 21,478 | |
| Kirwan | 21,416 | |
| Langwarrin | 21,371 | |
| Carlingford | 21,364 | |
| Liverpool | 21,317 | |
| Caringbah | 21,283 | |
| Brighton | 21,257 | |
| Hawthorn South | 21,177 | |
| Hawthorn | 21,177 | |
| Glenferrie | 21,177 | |
| Goulburn | 20,940 | |
| Boronia | 20,825 | |
| Woodridge | 20,650 | |
| Booval | 20,540 | |
| Thomastown | 20,331 | |
| Cheltenham | 20,292 | |
| Punchbowl | 20,236 | |
| Prospect | 20,217 | |
| Greensborough | 20,214 | |
| Gawler | 20,006 | |
| Burnie | 19,972 | |
| Balwyn North | 19,968 | |
| Lalor | 19,873 | |
| Brunswick | 19,867 | |
| Hornsby | 19,863 | |
| St Clair | 19,837 | |
| Springvale | 19,771 | |
| Wheelers Hill | 19,753 | |
| Craigieburn | 19,728 | |
| Whyalla | 19,645 | |
| Glenroy | 19,644 | |
| Camberwell | 19,637 | |
| Malvern East | 19,593 | |
| Murray Bridge | 19,577 | |
| Echuca | 19,457 | |
| Devonport | 19,317 | |
| Roxburgh Park | 19,235 | |
| Glenmore Park | 19,200 | |
| Epping | 18,969 | |
| Ballajura | 18,952 | |
| Essendon | 18,852 | |
| Cherrybrook | 18,778 | |
| Altona Meadows | 18,746 | |
| Cranbourne | 18,622 | |
| Katoomba | 18,593 | |
| Surfers Paradise | 18,501 | |
| Parramatta | 18,448 | |
| Broken Hill | 18,430 | |
| Doncaster | 18,359 | |
| Eltham | 18,162 | |
| Fairfield | 18,081 | |
| Morayfield | 18,020 | |
| Engadine | 17,937 | |
| Eastwood | 17,865 | |
| Saint Kilda | 17,795 | |
| Highton | 17,793 | |
| Mulgrave | 17,647 | |
| Forster | 17,591 | |
| Wantirna South | 17,477 | |
| Dee Why | 17,463 | |
| Thornbury | 17,434 | |
| Wahroonga | 17,371 | |
| Frankston South | 17,360 | |
| Wyndham Vale | 17,304 | |
| Gosnells | 17,277 | |
| Mount Eliza | 17,248 | |
| Willetton | 17,243 | |
| Carrum Downs | 17,213 | |
| North Ryde | 17,208 | |
| Mount Martha | 17,087 | |
| Wangaratta | 16,845 | |
| Sunnybank Hills | 16,830 | |
| Cronulla | 16,754 | |
| Sunshine West | 16,743 | |
| Taree | 16,621 | |
| Earlwood | 16,564 | |
| Sunnybank | 16,442 | |
| South Grafton | 16,399 | |
| Cessnock | 16,393 | |
| Hillside | 16,326 | |
| Westmead | 16,309 | |
| Carnegie | 16,299 | |
| Nerang | 16,256 | |
| Narangba | 16,223 | |
| Deer Park | 16,204 | |
| Taylors Lakes | 16,095 | |
| Deception Bay | 16,090 | |
| Umina | 16,059 | |
| Seaford | 16,033 | |
| Burwood | 16,030 | |
| Yagoona | 16,003 | |
| West Pennant Hills | 15,967 | |
| Paralowie | 15,872 | |
| Lilydale | 15,649 | |
| Moe | 15,582 | |
| Clayton | 15,543 | |
| Lara | 15,520 | |
| Griffith | 15,455 | |
| Bracken Ridge | 15,355 | |
| Eight Mile Plains | 15,322 | |
| Parafield Gardens | 15,317 | |
| Prestons | 15,313 | |
| Buderim | 15,228 | |
| Brighton East | 15,167 | |
| Carindale | 15,135 | |
| Port Hedland | 15,044 | |
| Duncraig | 15,026 | |
| Pascoe Vale | 15,000 | |
| Rochedale South | 14,996 | |
| Coorparoo | 14,944 | |
| Meadow Heights | 14,843 | |
| Mitcham | 14,811 | |
| Casula | 14,696 | |
| Bossley Park | 14,585 | |
| Cranbourne North | 14,570 | |
| Caulfield North | 14,554 | |
| Lakemba | 14,468 | |
| Kingston | 14,371 | |
| Grovedale | 14,308 | |
| Horsham | 14,285 | |
| Bentleigh | 14,271 | |
| Ballina | 14,242 | |
| Kingsford | 14,232 | |
| Lidcombe | 14,161 | |
| Carlton | 14,104 | |
| Wantirna | 13,978 | |
| Manly | 13,949 | |
| Ingleburn | 13,902 | |
| Burleigh Waters | 13,868 | |
| Elwood | 13,785 | |
| Cleveland | 13,776 | |
| Victoria Point | 13,755 | |
| Yarraville | 13,747 | |
| Singleton | 13,665 | |
| Bongaree | 13,649 | |
| Raymond Terrace | 13,606 | |
| Mount Druitt | 13,582 | |
| Bacchus Marsh | 13,575 | |
| Newtown | 13,552 | |
| Moonee Ponds | 13,532 | |
| Palm Beach | 13,494 | |
| Ascot Vale | 13,475 | |
| Morwell | 13,399 | |
| Port Melbourne | 13,293 | |
| Yeppoon | 13,285 | |
| Keilor East | 13,259 | |
| Port Augusta | 13,257 | |
| Port Pirie | 13,206 | |
| Williamstown | 13,203 | |
| Footscray | 13,203 | |
| Sale | 13,186 | |
| Coogee | 13,179 | |
| Templestowe Lower | 13,152 | |
| Brunswick West | 13,148 | |
| Surrey Hills | 13,133 | |
| Hawthorn East | 13,133 | |
| Port Lincoln | 13,044 | |
| Doonside | 13,031 | |
| Concord | 13,008 | |
| Toongabbie | 13,003 | |
| Dulwich Hill | 12,981 | |
| Balwyn | 12,944 | |
| Miranda | 12,903 | |
| Toorak | 12,871 | |
| Beaumaris | 12,829 | |
| Port Kennedy | 12,816 | |
| Broome | 12,766 | |
| Fawkner | 12,596 | |
| Scarborough | 12,593 | |
| St Kilda East | 12,576 | |
| Inala | 12,568 | |
| Warwick | 12,562 | |
| Rosebud | 12,501 | |
| Hampton | 12,482 | |
| Como | 12,425 | |
| Ashwood | 12,420 | |
| Chadstone | 12,357 | |
| Marsfield | 12,347 | |
| Kiama | 12,286 | |
| Leichhardt | 12,248 | |
| Mayfield | 12,248 | |
| Springvale South | 12,184 | |
| Goonellabah | 12,137 | |
| Port Augusta West | 12,133 | |
| Geelong West | 12,121 | |
| Lavington | 12,032 | |
| Doreen | 12,000 | |
| Newport | 11,987 | |
| Greenvale | 11,969 | |
| Blackburn | 11,958 | |
| Burwood | 11,886 | |
| West Ryde | 11,867 | |
| Penrith | 11,813 | |
| Kingswood Park | 11,813 | |
| Varsity Lakes | 11,796 | |
| Donvale | 11,795 | |
| Muswellbrook | 11,791 | |
| Taylors Hill | 11,785 | |
| Bateau Bay | 11,759 | |
| North Melbourne | 11,755 | |
| Wynnum West | 11,745 | |
| Karratha | 11,728 | |
| Charlestown | 11,725 | |
| Wynnum | 11,719 | |
| Penshurst | 11,692 | |
| Mentone | 11,667 | |
| Paddington | 11,661 | |
| Caringbah South | 11,605 | |
| Clayton South | 11,600 | |
| Happy Valley | 11,531 | |
| Diamond Creek | 11,504 | |
| Redfern | 11,482 | |
| North Fitzroy | 11,473 | |
| Warnbro | 11,421 | |
| Vermont South | 11,416 | |
| Sandy Bay | 11,334 | |
| East Maitland | 11,310 | |
| South Perth | 11,301 | |
| Lithgow | 11,298 | |
| Bayswater | 11,240 | |
| Manly West | 11,195 | |
| Parkdale | 11,185 | |
| Caulfield South | 11,113 | |
| Gympie | 11,027 | |
| Bairnsdale | 11,005 | |
| Bowen | 10,983 | |
| Nunawading | 10,947 | |
| Wanneroo | 10,931 | |
| Samford Valley | 10,931 | |
| Mount Gravatt East | 10,891 | |
| Altona North | 10,886 | |
| Caroline Springs | 10,880 | |
| Bulleen | 10,868 | |
| Kensington | 10,847 | |
| Gladesville | 10,835 | |
| Menai | 10,781 | |
| Bondi Beach | 10,748 | |
| Wellington Point | 10,713 | |
| Mount Lawley | 10,703 | |
| Annerley | 10,664 | |
| Tewantin | 10,660 | |
| Box Hill North | 10,649 | |
| Sunshine North | 10,637 | |
| Yokine | 10,613 | |
| Batemans Bay | 10,557 | |
| Camp Hill | 10,533 | |
| Marangaroo | 10,519 | |
| Dapto | 10,478 | |
| Maylands | 10,447 | |
| Drummoyne | 10,385 | |
| Melton West | 10,381 | |
| Bondi | 10,373 | |
| Sydenham | 10,323 | |
| Keilor Downs | 10,307 | |
| Neutral Bay | 10,276 | |
| Highett | 10,263 | |
| West Footscray | 10,222 | |
| Nambour | 10,221 | |
| Rutherford | 10,182 | |
| Maribyrnong | 10,165 | |
| Hallam | 10,162 | |
| Hillarys | 10,160 | |
| Burwood East | 10,141 | |
| Blackburn South | 10,129 | |
| Darlinghurst | 10,128 | |
| Hamilton | 10,104 | |
| Dingley Village | 10,072 | |
| Glenorchy | 10,062 | |
| Forest Hill | 10,052 | |
| Kilsyth | 10,043 | |
| Parkes | 10,026 | |
| Nedlands | 10,020 |
