Claim: For the years 1933 to 2006, the population numbers for Shire of Murgon, a local government area in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, show that the population was rising from 1933 (when it was at 3,663) until 1971 (when it was 4,766), but then it began slowly dropping again until 2006 (when it was 3,454).
Evidence: 1976 4,556 1981 4,580