W A POPULATION 2022 – 2025
“The Golden State”
The population of Western Australia 2022 is 2,840,000
The number is expected to reach over 3 million by 2023, with the percentage increase being 0.9% which is around 250,00 per year!
This would calculate out that ever 4 years WA will grow a million people in population. Which baaed on the below initially took 100 years!
1788 : 300,000 – Australia Wide
Perth & West Australia
1890 : 50,000
1901 : 190,000
1960 : 409,000
1975 : 825,000
1980 : 922,000
2000 : 1,885,000
2010 : 2,300,000
2020 : 2,760,000
2022 : 2,840,000
To be seen…
2024 : 3,000,000
2028 : 4,000,000
2032 : 5,000,000
2050 : ????
Based on .9% continued growth
Current population distribution
Perth (Metro Area) ~ 2,100,000
Bunbury ~ 89,000
Geraldton ~ 33,000
Kalgoorlie ~ Boulder 30,000
Albany ~ 40,000
Busselton ~ 41,000
Karratha ~ 23,000
Broome ~ 22,000
Port Hedland ~ 21,000
Esperance ~ 1`0,000
Yanchep ~ 12,000
Collie ~ 9,000
Northam ~ 12,000
Margaret River ~ 17,000
Dunsborough ~ 7,000
Newman ~ 4,500
Carnarvon ~ 5,000
Kununurra ~ 7,000
Narrogin ~ 5.000
Manjimup ~ 9,000
Perth – Western Australia
Perth is a very diverse city with a population of over 2.5 million people in the greater Perth area. Business insider ranked Perth the 15th most liveable city in the world. Included in the list was Sydney (5th), Adelaide (10th) and Melbourne (2nd). The reason for the ranking is because of the high quality of life Australian residence have.
Demographic – Male & Female
The Western Australian population is split nearly 51% female and 49% male.
1,250,000 Females
1.350,000 Males
Median Age
In West Australia the populations median age is 36 years old. The biggest age group is 30-34 year at 8% of the WA population (196,000 People).
Median weekly household income
In Western Australia the population has an average weekly household income of $1,600. However, the average personal income is $750 a week.
Median weekly rent
In the Western Territory people pay on average $450 a week in rent. The average amount of people per household is 2.6 in WA.
Religious affiliation
The top response for religious affiliation was “No religion” at 32.5%, followed by Catholic at 21.4% of the Western Australia population. Since the last census in 2011 the number of people responding as having “no religion” has gone up by 7.5%.
Occupation
The population of Western Australia have a variety of occupations, but 22% of the population are “professionals”. The next highest occupation is “Technicians and Trades Workers” at 15% which is higher than the Australian average.
The above data was obtained from the most recent Australian government census.
Facts about Western Australia
Perth in the (WA) is the most isolated city in the world with the next closest city being Adelaide over 2,200km away.
Western Australia has over 12,500km of coastline.
Perth is closer Singapore that the capital city of Australia (Canberra).
Broome in the top of WA is the worlds biggest producer of pearls.
www.wa.gov.au
www.perth.wa.gov.au
australia.com
wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_WestAustralia
Blue shading indication the most active areas of population growth.
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WA Urban Sprawl of the metro area which will double in numbers
Sunset Coast Life
