The MITEZ Region
The MITEZ region comprises of seven Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Northern and North-West Queensland as shown buy the map below. The LGAs are Mount Isa City, Cloncurry Shire, McKinlay Shire, Richmond Shire, Flinders Shire, Charters Towers Regional Council, and Townsville City.
Townsville and Mount Isa are the major centres in the region, while minor centres include Cloncurry (Cloncurry Shire), Julia Creek (McKinlay Shire), Richmond (Richmond Shire), Hughenden (Flinders Shire), Pentland (Charters Towers Regional) and Charters Towers (Charters Towers Regional).
The MITEZ region covers an area of 271,732 square kilometres, representing approximately 16% of the area of Queensland.
There were 205,416 persons residing in the MITEZ region in 2006, an increase of 19,103 persons since 2001, equating to an average annual growth rate of 1.4%.
Looking ahead, the MITEZ Regions population is projected by the Queensland Governments Population and Information Forecasting Unit to reach 238,256 persons by 2016, growing at an average rate of 1.5% per annum. The strongest growth is forecast for Townsville (1.8% pa), followed by Cloncurry (0.3% pa) and Mount Isa (0.2% pa).
Population
MITEZ Region
LGA
2001
2006
2011*
2016*
Avg. % growth
2001-2006
Avg. % growth
2006-2016
Mount Isa
21,149
21,082
21,619
21,693
-0.1%
0.2%
Cloncurry
3,827
3,362
3,883
3,951
-2.6%
0.3%
McKinlay
1,066
968
979
932
-1.9%
-0.8%
Richmond
1,150
962
1,144
1,136
-3.5%
-0.1%
Flinders
2,090
1,907
1,888
1,785
-1.8%
-1.0%
Charters Towers
12,242
12,180
12198
11970
-0.1%
-0.3%
Townsville
144,789
164,955
181951
196789
2.6%
1.8%
MITEZ
186,313
205,416
223,662
238,256
2.0%
1.5%
*Projected Source: Queensland
Population and Information Forecasting Unit 2006, ABS 2001 and 2006 Census
