Bowen Basin Population Report, 2024
Posted on March 11th, 2025
The Bowen Basin’s non-resident population in June 2024 (23,825 persons) was the highest recorded since the peak of the resource industry construction boom in June 2012 (25,035 persons). The increase in the number of non-resident workers on-shift in 2023–24 was due mainly to expanded activities at some existing coal operations, including project construction and maintenance activities at a number of mines. Additional construction workers associated with the Clarke Creek Wind Farm and Callide Power Station rebuild also contributed to the change.
https://www.qgso.qld.gov.au/issues/3366/bowen-basin-population-report-2024.pdf
