List of places in Western Australia by population explained

Western Australia is the largest state of Australia, with an area of,^[1] and its fourth most populous, with a population of 2,660,026 as of the 2021 Australian census.^[2] Official population statistics are created by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, who have a census every five years. The most recent census for which data has been released is the 2021 census.^[3]

Urban centres by population

Urban centres are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to be clusters with a population of 1,000 or higher of urban SA1's.^[4] SA1's are areas that subdivide all of Australia, and have a population between 200 and 800 people and an average population size of 400.^[5]

Rank	Urban centre	Region	Population
			^[6]	^[7]	^[8]	2016 census^[9]	2021 census^[10]
1			1,162,716	1,256,035	1,627,576	1,874,578	2,043,762
2			45,153	54,482	64,385	71,090	75,196
3			25,324	27,420	31,349	31,982	32,717
4			22,256	25,196	26,643	29,373	31,128
5			28,196	28,242	30,841	29,875	29,068
6			13,863	15,386	21,407	25,329	27,233
7			10,730	11,728	16,475	15,828	17,013
8			12,695	11,557	13,772	13,828	15,298
9			15,242	11,547	12,766	13,984	14,660
10			1,953	2,482	4,247	8,859	11,009
11			9,365	9,536	9,919	10,421	10,218
12			3,627	4,415	5,314	6,392	7,430
13			6,947	7,084	6,998	7,192	7,184
14			1,616	3,371	4,531	6,039	7,182
15			6,136	6,009	6,580	6,548	6,679
16			5,219	3,748	4,573	4,341	4,515
17			3,516	4,245	5,478	4,567	4,239
18			7,190	5,283	4,559	4,426	4,162
19			4,392	4,239	4,164	4,213	4,138
20			1,873	3,279	4,255	3,896	3,883
21			4,419	4,238	4,219	4,274	3,745
22			3,676	3,808	3,745	3,702	3,641
23			3,662	3,093	3,261	3,325	3,009
24			2,431	2,732	2,280	2,558	2,944
25			3,095	2,721	3,134	2,956	2,874
26			1,508	1,628	1,853	2,269	2,853
27			2,202	2,343	2,764	2,782	2,841
28			3,031	1,844	2,207	2,486	2,806
29			2,547	2,606	2,667	2,750	2,797
30			1,618	1,933	2,234	2,520	2,786
31			1,415	1,464	1,865	2,020	2,402
32			2,014	2,088	2,387	2,548	2,399
33			2,802	2,550	2,586	2,636	2,384
34			1,770	1,864	2,157	2,397	2,368
35			2,099	2,324	1,515	1,448	2,300
36			806	877	1,429	1,484	2,284
37			1,145	1,206	1,255	1,887	2,225
38			540	759	1,391	2,052	2,219
39			375	569	795	1,546	2,119
40			1,724	1,825	1,651	1,572	2,016
41			1,721	1,761	1,795	1,905	1,898
42			2,850	2,706	1,843	1,789	1,660
43			1,281	1,363	1,540	1,703	1,655
44			1,264	1,211	1,443	1,546	1,605
45			1,143	1,173	1,261	1,425	1,600
46			1,716	1,605	1,650	1,577	1,591
47			327	763	1,089	1,265	1,485
48			1,202	1,607	1,509	1,359	1,319
49			1,281	1,427	1,365	1,358	1,311
50			1,469	1,370	1,341	1,104	1,282
51			745	950	1,010	1,227	1,271
52			2,125	1,332	1,277	1,349	1,270
53			1,091	1,068	1,022	1,109	1,211
54	Boddington–Ranford	Peel	968	928	1,107	1,147	1,129
55			1,450	928	1,144	1,141	1,022

Local government areas by population

Western Australia is divided into local government areas, who maintain roads, provide waste collection services, parks, libraries among other things. They are classified as either Cities, Towns of Shires, depending on population.^[11]

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Local government area	Region	Population
2011 census			2016 census		2021 census
1	City of Stirling	Perth Metropolitan Region	195,702		210,208		226,369
2	City of Wanneroo	Perth Metropolitan Region	152,077		188,212		209,111
3	City of Joondalup	Perth Metropolitan Region	152,406		154,445		160,003
4	City of Swan	Perth Metropolitan Region	108,461		133,851		152,974
5	City of Rockingham	Perth Metropolitan Region	104,105		125,114		135,678
6	City of Gosnells	Perth Metropolitan Region	106,585		118,073		126,376
7	City of Cockburn	Perth Metropolitan Region	89,683		104,473		118,091
8	City of Melville	Perth Metropolitan Region	95,700		98,083		103,523
9	City of Canning	Perth Metropolitan Region	85,514		90,184		95,860
10	City of Armadale	Perth Metropolitan Region	62,296		79,602		94,184
11	City of Mandurah	Peel	69,903		80,813		90,306
12	City of Bayswater	Perth Metropolitan Region	61,262		64,677		69,283
13	City of Kalamunda	Perth Metropolitan Region	53,567		57,449		58,762
14	City of Kwinana	Perth Metropolitan Region	29,227		38,918		45,867
15	City of South Perth	Perth Metropolitan Region	40,739		41,989		43,405
16	City of Belmont	Perth Metropolitan Region	35,209		39,682		42,257
17	City of Busselton	South West	30,330		36,686		40,640
18	City of Greater Geraldton	Mid West	–	–	38,634		39,489
19	Shire of Mundaring	Perth Metropolitan Region	36,529		38,157		39,166
20	City of Albany	Great Southern	33,650		36,583		38,763
21	Town of Victoria Park	Perth Metropolitan Region	32,433		34,990		36,889
22	City of Vincent	Perth Metropolitan Region	31,549		33,693		36,537
23	City of Bunbury	South West	31,348		31,919		32,987
24	City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder	Goldfields–Esperance	31,107		30,059		29,306

Regions by population

Western Australia is made up of nine regions, as well as the Perth Metropolitan Region.

Rank		Population		Largest city
		2013 estimate	2020 estimate
1		1,847,122	1,985,640^[12]	Perth
2		170,000^[13]	181,801	Bunbury
3		124,500^[14] ^[15]	146,239	Mandurah
4		75,000^[16]	73,690	Northam
5		66,300^[17]	62,841	Karratha
6		59,234^[18]	61,351	Albany
7		61,900^[19]	53,914	Kalgoorlie–Boulder
8		57,901^[20]	52,769	Geraldton
9		39,900^[21]	36,054	Broome
10		9,899^[22]	9,262	Carnarvon

See also

• Greater Perth
• List of cities in Australia by population
• List of places in New South Wales by population
• List of places in the Northern Territory by population
• List of places in Queensland by population
• List of places in South Australia by population
• List of places in Tasmania by population
• List of places in Victoria by population
• Local government areas of Western Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Area of Australia - States and Territories . Geoscience Australia . 2 July 2021.
2. Web site: Western Australia – 2021 Census Quickstats . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 30 December 2022.
3. Web site: About . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 27 October 2022.
4. Web site: Design of UCL . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 2 July 2021.
5. Web site: Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1) . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 2 July 2021.
6. Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2001 Census - Persons in Dwellings - persons counted by Urban Centres/Localities
7. Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2006 Census - Persons in Dwellings - persons counted by Urban Centres/Localities
8. Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2011 Census - Persons and Relationships - persons counted by Urban Centres and Localities
9. Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2016 Census - Cultural Diversity - Persons (Place of Usual Residence) counted by Urban Centres and Localities
10. Web site: Search Census data . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 26 October 2022.
11. Web site: About Local Government . WALGA . 2 July 2021.
12. Web site: Foundations for a Stronger Tomorrow : State Infrastructure Strategy : Draft for public comment . Infrastructure Western Australia . 26 July 2021 . 92.
13. Web site: South West. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. 3 September 2017.
14. Web site: Peel. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. 3 September 2017.
15. Web site: Peel People. Peel Development Commission. 3 September 2017.
16. Web site: Wheatbelt. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. 3 September 2017.
17. Web site: Pilbara. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. 3 September 2017.
18. Web site: Great Southern: A Region in Profile. Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development. 3 September 2017.
19. Web site: Goldfields–Esperance. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. 3 September 2017.
20. Web site: Mid West. Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development. 3 September 2017.
21. Web site: Kimberley. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. 3 September 2017.
22. Web site: Gascoyne. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. 3 September 2017.