The population of the Mid-Western Region has grown by 2544 in the 10 years between 2005 and 2015, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistic regional population data.
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The estimated resident population of the Mid-Western Region in 2015 was 24,191, up from 21,647 in 2005.
From 2014 to 2015, the number of people in the Mid-Western Region grew by 189, an annual increase of 0.8 per cent.
The Mid-Western Region has an average of 2.8 people for each square kilometre.
The Mid-Western Region’s growth has been strong in comparison to the neighbouring Lithgow local government area.
The population of Lithgow was 20, 272 in 2005, slipped to 20,186 in 2006 but grew to 21,416 in 2015. Lithgow’s population also increased by 0.8 per cent from 2014 to 2015.
The Orange local government area recorded a 1 per cent population growth in 2014/15, with an estimated population of 41,809 and an increase on the previous year of 403 people.
Dubbo’s estimated resident population in 2015 was 41,934, a 0.9 per cent increase on the previous year, while Bathurst population’s grew by 42, 231 or 1.4 per cent.
The largest increase in inland areas 2014-15 was in Bathurst (up by 340 people), followed by Bathurst - East (300).
Bathurst - East also recorded the fastest inland growth, up by 2.9 per cent.
At June 2015, NSW had an estimated resident population of 7.62 million people.
Between 2014 and 2015, the population of NSW increased by 104,300 people (1.4 per cent).
At June 2015, just over one-third of NSW residents lived outside Greater Sydney. The population in the rest of NSW increased by 21,000 people between 2014 and 2015 to reach 2.70 million.
The largest population increase in coastal and coastal hinterland areas in the 12 months to June 2015 was in Maitland, which increased by 660 people, followed by Kingscliff - Fingal Head on the far north coast, up by 480 people, and Cessnock (430).
