Western Australia

Federal State in Australia

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2006-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Estimate 2016-06-30	Population Estimate 2021-06-30	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
Western Australia	Federal State	1,906,274	2,050,581	2,353,409	2,555,978	2,749,365	2,965,078
Albany	City	31,362	33,171	34,873	37,285	40,105	41,545	→
Armadale	City	52,391	52,299	65,395	82,021	97,644	109,218	→
Ashburton	Shire	5,969	7,608	10,227	13,311	7,781	8,179	→
Augusta-Margaret River	Shire	10,228	11,052	12,228	14,819	17,303	19,410	→
Bassendean	Town	14,055	13,896	15,179	15,613	16,500	17,145	→
Bayswater	City	58,446	59,632	66,840	68,791	71,774	75,981	→
Belmont	City	29,919	31,560	37,358	41,448	43,868	47,377	→
Beverley	Shire	1,579	1,646	1,604	1,748	1,735	1,795	→
Boddington	Shire	1,437	1,427	2,247	1,882	1,760	1,808	→
Boyup Brook	Shire	1,649	1,563	1,617	1,722	1,874	1,959	→
Bridgetown-Greenbushes	Shire	4,205	4,134	4,421	4,697	5,376	5,797	→
Brookton	Shire	1,048	1,037	969	1,002	961	962	→
Broome	Shire	13,249	14,326	15,737	16,959	18,204	18,870	→
Broomehill-Tambellup	Shire	1,260	1,208	1,178	1,164	1,089	1,101	→
Bruce Rock	Shire	1,132	1,004	1,002	941	1,016	1,066	→
Bunbury	City	30,616	31,450	32,580	32,574	34,137	35,174	→
Busselton	Shire	23,192	26,711	31,523	37,766	42,009	45,003	→
Cambridge	Town	24,433	24,939	26,652	27,991	29,822	32,006	→
Canning	City	77,474	80,933	90,736	93,733	99,306	106,944	→
Capel	Shire	7,136	10,666	15,059	17,375	18,776	19,701	→
Carnamah	Shire	807	792	554	564	573	586	→
Carnarvon	Shire	6,751	6,051	6,076	5,713	5,520	5,599	→
Chapman Valley	Shire	880	943	1,198	1,441	1,613	1,698	→
Chittering	Shire	2,948	3,669	4,533	5,536	6,099	6,753	→
Claremont	Town	9,166	9,393	9,924	10,632	11,643	12,671	→
Cockburn	City	69,359	77,832	95,036	108,302	122,212	135,149	→
Collie	Shire	9,109	9,012	9,343	8,856	9,086	9,408	→
Coolgardie	Shire	4,284	4,005	4,138	3,695	3,638	3,779	→
Coorow	Shire	1,381	1,259	1,091	1,058	1,091	1,125	→
Corrigin	Shire	1,302	1,200	1,104	1,193	1,028	1,039	→
Cottesloe	Town	7,428	7,652	8,236	8,109	8,245	8,967	→
Cranbrook	Shire	1,072	1,132	1,110	1,107	1,134	1,152	→
Cuballing	Shire	725	817	891	882	927	955	→
Cue	Shire	396	342	279	199	228	229	→
Cunderdin	Shire	1,457	1,317	1,347	1,469	1,341	1,316	→
Dalwallinu	Shire	1,889	1,441	1,303	1,454	1,436	1,466	→
Dandaragan	Shire	2,952	3,018	3,292	3,262	3,473	3,921	→
Dardanup	Shire	8,991	10,837	12,852	14,241	15,197	15,930	→
Denmark	Shire	4,734	4,797	5,373	6,018	6,468	6,707	→
Derby-West Kimberley	Shire	8,501	8,095	8,966	8,364	8,414	8,536	→
Donnybrook-Balingup	Shire	4,710	4,951	5,462	5,956	6,312	6,584	→
Dowerin	Shire	840	736	700	699	733	740	→
Dumbleyung	Shire	753	677	626	684	698	708	→
Dundas	Shire	1,262	1,127	1,184	788	699	723	→
East Fremantle	Town	6,787	7,074	7,443	7,680	8,064	8,361	→
East Pilbara	Shire	5,650	7,667	12,257	10,953	10,378	10,403	→
Esperance	Shire	13,369	13,644	13,879	14,527	14,396	14,558	→
Exmouth	Shire	2,315	2,205	2,458	2,788	3,202	3,566	→
Fremantle	City	25,769	26,124	28,651	30,310	33,112	36,349	→
Gingin	Shire	4,274	4,577	4,822	5,325	5,751	6,348	→
Gnowangerup	Shire	1,585	1,432	1,307	1,237	1,260	1,271	→
Goomalling	Shire	970	973	1,017	1,045	983	992	→
Gosnells	City	83,662	94,958	112,435	122,011	131,366	141,279	→
Greater Geraldton (incl. Geraldton-Greenough, Mullewa)	City	34,019	35,736	38,340	39,567	41,182	42,322	→
Halls Creek	Shire	3,766	3,762	3,893	3,593	4,038	4,213	→
Harvey	Shire	18,526	20,450	23,878	26,890	29,625	31,495	→
Irwin	Shire	3,071	3,218	3,672	3,604	3,769	3,864	→
Jerramungup	Shire	1,249	1,186	1,091	1,127	1,196	1,217	→
Joondalup	City	156,410	156,570	162,205	160,918	165,050	173,469	→
Kalamunda	Shire	48,743	51,423	56,492	59,201	60,804	63,827	→
Kalgoorlie-Boulder	City	29,771	30,086	32,208	30,840	30,670	30,991	→
Karratha (Roebourne)	City	15,118	20,054	23,634	22,211	23,412	24,716	→
Katanning	Shire	4,501	4,404	4,290	4,200	4,227	4,294	→
Kellerberrin	Shire	1,221	1,230	1,211	1,242	1,177	1,159	→
Kent	Shire	641	599	529	568	506	526	→
Kojonup	Shire	2,308	2,272	2,030	2,010	1,963	1,965	→
Kondinin	Shire	1,033	1,019	1,068	894	872	862	→
Koorda	Shire	490	470	448	428	373	373	→
Kulin	Shire	910	922	855	783	789	800	→
Kwinana	Town	21,807	23,986	30,697	40,058	47,660	54,672	→
Lake Grace	Shire	1,615	1,530	1,405	1,300	1,299	1,319	→
Laverton	Shire	1,207	783	1,288	1,222	1,432	1,444	→
Leonora	Shire	2,007	1,501	2,628	1,491	1,716	1,737	→
Mandurah	City	48,996	58,811	73,440	83,322	93,412	102,922	→
Manjimup	Shire	10,351	9,718	9,463	9,341	9,351	9,523	→
Meekatharra	Shire	1,458	1,225	1,424	1,110	1,287	1,286	→
Melville	City	97,202	96,778	102,135	102,342	106,823	113,404	→
Menzies	Shire	350	237	402	518	569	577	→
Merredin	Shire	3,783	3,408	3,374	3,395	3,221	3,335	→
Mingenew	Shire	586	504	489	465	423	421	→
Moora	Shire	2,705	2,531	2,556	2,477	2,382	2,432	→
Morawa	Shire	989	860	911	765	669	686	→
Mosman Park	Town	8,358	8,760	9,199	9,167	9,478	10,281	→
Mount Magnet	Shire	854	734	666	507	699	696	→
Mount Marshall	Shire	676	650	493	533	467	466	→
Mukinbudin	Shire	705	601	502	553	593	603	→
Mundaring	Shire	35,415	36,326	38,364	39,217	40,539	42,327	→
Murchison	Shire	161	118	119	158	108	105	→
Murray	Shire	10,899	12,522	14,773	17,126	18,639	20,563	→
Nannup	Shire	1,223	1,282	1,304	1,339	1,575	1,675	→
Narembeen	Shire	963	945	839	815	820	848	→
Narrogin	Shire	5,541	5,331	5,260	5,235	4,937	5,029	→
Nedlands	City	21,564	21,394	21,965	22,108	22,924	25,104	→
Ngaanyatjarraku	Shire	1,562	1,466	1,508	1,708	1,476	1,482	→
Northam	Shire	10,284	10,280	10,830	11,238	11,804	12,416	→
Northampton	Shire	3,347	3,334	3,281	3,335	3,332	3,382	→
Nungarin	Shire	276	255	236	259	263	258	→
Peppermint Grove	Shire	1,653	1,691	1,629	1,708	1,638	1,782	→
Perenjori	Shire	615	561	930	630	652	659	→
Perth	City	10,510	15,232	21,416	26,879	29,653	34,624	→
Pingelly	Shire	1,217	1,220	1,209	1,183	1,072	1,091	→
Plantagenet	Shire	4,707	4,694	5,032	5,103	5,534	5,734	→
Port Hedland	Town	12,881	14,084	15,659	15,064	16,666	17,448	→
Quairading	Shire	1,140	1,071	1,073	1,038	981	967	→
Ravensthorpe	Shire	1,510	2,045	2,187	1,764	2,157	2,280	→
Rockingham	City	74,185	87,033	109,415	128,992	140,584	154,132	→
Sandstone	Shire	134	126	109	93	117	115	→
Serpentine-Jarrahdale	Shire	11,733	13,246	18,495	27,578	33,349	38,631	→
Shark Bay	Shire	926	906	887	963	1,069	1,164	→
South Perth	City	37,606	40,517	43,618	43,879	44,952	47,909	→
Stirling	City	176,209	183,957	209,043	220,073	234,322	249,872	→
Subiaco	City	12,948	14,464	15,873	17,018	17,902	19,452	→
Swan	City	83,797	95,206	112,802	136,679	158,689	179,207	→
Tammin	Shire	443	417	415	407	401	401	→
Three Springs	Shire	754	693	633	608	586	600	→
Toodyay	Shire	4,084	4,330	4,529	4,461	4,709	5,081	→
Trayning	Shire	394	410	355	354	307	306	→
Upper Gascoyne	Shire	356	307	253	282	180	201	→
Victoria Park	Town	27,751	29,162	34,718	36,647	38,296	42,352	→
Victoria Plains	Shire	974	946	926	924	832	834	→
Vincent	Town	27,071	29,261	33,857	35,674	37,833	41,479	→
Wagin	Shire	1,879	1,943	1,901	1,884	1,802	1,825	→
Wandering	Shire	333	373	453	458	551	547	→
Wanneroo	City	84,323	114,943	160,281	194,779	216,422	237,628	→
Waroona	Shire	3,538	3,614	3,720	4,162	4,355	4,537	→
West Arthur	Shire	910	885	901	824	795	789	→
Westonia	Shire	249	226	282	306	255	246	→
Wickepin	Shire	747	762	767	740	712	710	→
Williams	Shire	959	908	940	1,000	1,050	1,063	→
Wiluna	Shire	902	735	1,198	767	570	563	→
Wongan-Ballidu	Shire	1,599	1,461	1,478	1,354	1,336	1,343	→
Woodanilling	Shire	396	415	427	415	469	490	→
Wyalkatchem	Shire	678	592	542	522	484	492	→
Wyndham-East Kimberley	Shire	7,240	7,879	8,195	7,478	8,050	8,315	→
Yalgoo	Shire	326	263	417	350	364	353	→
Yilgarn	Shire	1,832	1,477	1,675	1,213	1,205	1,212	→
York	Shire	3,246	3,244	3,462	3,605	3,553	3,649	→
Australia	Commonwealth	19,274,701	20,450,966	22,340,024	24,190,907	25,685,412	27,194,369

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Explanation: The population structure presents census results; unlike the estimates, they are not adjusted for underenumeration.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender	Persons
Males	1,322,855
Females	1,337,171

Gender (C 2021)
Males	1,322,855
Females	1,337,171

Age Groups	Persons
0-17 years	600,182
18-64 years	1,631,231
65+ years	428,612

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	600,182
18-64 years	1,631,231
65+ years	428,612

Age Distribution	Males	Females
90+ years	6744	12460
80-89 years	37175	46839
70-79 years	94222	98986
60-69 years	137659	145194
50-59 years	167495	168905
40-49 years	176250	176971
30-39 years	195445	201771
20-29 years	169180	165682
10-19 years	166822	157818
0-9 years	171862	162545

Age Distribution (C 2021)
90+ years	19,204
80-89 years	84,014
70-79 years	193,208
60-69 years	282,853
50-59 years	336,400
40-49 years	353,221
30-39 years	397,216
20-29 years	334,862
10-19 years	324,640
0-9 years	334,407

Country of Birth	Persons
Australia	1,648,804
New Zealand	75,591
British Isles	247,848
Chinese Asia	38,958
South Asia	90,850
South-East Asia	138,786
Other country	265,650

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Australia	1,648,804
New Zealand	75,591
British Isles	247,848
Chinese Asia	38,958
South Asia	90,850
South-East Asia	138,786
Other country	265,650

Language	Persons
English	2,002,771
Other language	489,043

Language (C 2021)
English	2,002,771
Other language	489,043

Ethnic Group	Persons
Indigenous	88,693
Non-Indigenous	2,431,204

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Indigenous	88,693
Non-Indigenous	2,431,204

Religion	Persons
Christian	1,093,666
Muslim	66,764
Buddhist	57,622
Hindu	52,055
Jew	5,669
Other religion / belief	30,338
Secular / no religion	1,142,220

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	1,093,666
Muslim	66,764
Buddhist	57,622
Hindu	52,055
Jew	5,669
Other religion / belief	30,338
Secular / no religion	1,142,220

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