Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Perth, Australia metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Western Australia: Greater Perth data was reported at 2,039,041.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,019,263.000 Person for 2016. Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Western Australia: Greater Perth data is updated yearly, averaging 1,863,214.500 Person from Jun 2006 (Median) to 2017, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,039,041.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 1,576,912.000 Person in 2006. Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Western Australia: Greater Perth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G002: Estimated Resident Population.

As of June 2023, in the state of Western Australia in Australia, about 7.7 percent of the population was between 35 and 39 years old. In comparison, just 1.9 percent of the population was over the age of 85.

Population: Resident: Estimated: Western Australia data was reported at 2,981,752.000 Person in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,965,078.000 Person for Jun 2024. Population: Resident: Estimated: Western Australia data is updated quarterly, averaging 1,942,720.500 Person from Jun 1981 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 174 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,981,752.000 Person in Sep 2024 and a record low of 1,300,056.000 Person in Jun 1981. Population: Resident: Estimated: Western Australia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G002: Estimated Resident Population.

Population Change: Net Overseas Migration: Western Australia data was reported at 11,564.000 Person in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,957.000 Person for Jun 2024. Population Change: Net Overseas Migration: Western Australia data is updated quarterly, averaging 3,972.000 Person from Jun 1981 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 174 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20,995.000 Person in Mar 2023 and a record low of -2,317.000 Person in Sep 2020. Population Change: Net Overseas Migration: Western Australia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G003: Population Change.

Humans have been living on the continent of Australia (name derived from "Terra Australis"; Latin for "the southern land") for approximately 65,000 years, however population growth was relatively slow until the nineteenth century. Europeans had made some contact with Australia as early as 1606, however there was no significant attempt at settlement until the late eighteenth century. By 1800, the population of Australia was approximately 350,000 people, and the majority of these were Indigenous Australians. As colonization progressed the number of ethnic Europeans increased while the Australian Aboriginal population was decimated through conflict, smallpox and other diseases, with some communities being exterminated completely, such as Aboriginal Tasmanians. Mass migration from Britain and China After the loss of its American colonies in the 1780s, the British Empire looked to other parts of the globe to expand its sphere of influence. In Australia, the first colonies were established in Sydney, Tasmania and Western Australia. Many of these were penal colonies which became home to approximately 164,000 British and Irish convicts who were transported to Australia between 1788 and 1868. As the decades progressed, expansion into the interior intensified, and the entire country was claimed by Britain in 1826. Inland colonization led to further conflict between European settlers and indigenous Australians, which cost the lives of thousands of natives. Inward expansion also saw the discovery of many natural resources, and most notably led to the gold rushes of the 1850s, which attracted substantial numbers of Chinese migrants to Australia. This mass migration from non-European countries eventually led to some restrictive policies being introduced, culminating with the White Australia Policy of 1901, which cemented ethnic-European dominance in Australian politics and society. These policies were not retracted until the second half of the 1900s. Independent Australia Australia changed its status to a British dominion in 1901, and eventually became independent in 1931. Despite this, Australia has remained a part of the British Commonwealth, and Australian forces (ANZAC) fought with the British and their Allies in both World Wars, and were instrumental in campaigns such as Gallipoli in WWI, and the South West Pacific Theater in WWII. The aftermath of both wars had a significant impact on the Australian population, with approximately 90 thousand deaths in both world wars combined, as well as 15 thousand deaths as a result of the Spanish flu pandemic following WWI, although Australia experienced a significant baby boom following the Second World War. In the past fifty years, Australia has promoted immigration from all over the world, and now has one of the strongest economies and highest living standards in the world, with a population that has grown to over 25 million people in 2020.

The data set provides a summary of regional Western Australia population by Regional Development Commission boundaries, and by regional centres. Additional information is provided on Aboriginal and …Show full descriptionThe data set provides a summary of regional Western Australia population by Regional Development Commission boundaries, and by regional centres. Additional information is provided on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population by Regional Development Commission boundaries.

The data set provides a summary of regional Western Australia data by Regional Development Commission boundaries including population, Gross Regional Product, jobs growth and unemployment.

This collection contains statistical data extracted from the published W.A. colonial census reports from 1848 to 1901. The data are presented both as raw Excel spreadsheets and as processed files for use with the SPSS and Nesstar statistical software. These files were compiled and processed by Leanne Den Hartog in 2012 as part of her work for the Western Australian node of the Australian Data Archive.

Data from the 1892 Western Australian colonial census formatted for SPSS and Nesstar software

Estimated resident population (ERPs) is the official measure of the Australian population, published quarterly by the ABS. This dataset contains quarterly ERP by age, at state/territory and Australia level.

As of October 2024, approximately 7,600 Japanese residents were registered in Perth. In the same year, Australia was one of the countries with the highest number of Japanese residents worldwide.

Population Change: Net Interstate Migration: Western Australia data was reported at 1,469.000 Person in Sep 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,411.000 Person for Jun 2024. Population Change: Net Interstate Migration: Western Australia data is updated quarterly, averaging 580.000 Person from Jun 1981 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 174 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,181.000 Person in Dec 2021 and a record low of -3,669.000 Person in Dec 2016. Population Change: Net Interstate Migration: Western Australia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G003: Population Change.

Western Australia Tomorrow, Population Report No. 10, Medium-term Forecasts for Western Australia 2014-2026 and Sub-regions 2016-2026

Original provider: Dr Belinda Cannell, Murdoch University

Dataset credits: Data provider Murdoch University - Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Project partner Murdoch University
University of NSW Project sponsor or sponsor description This project has been funded under the Australian Research Council Linkage Project Scheme. Funds have also been contributed by Department of Environment and Conservation,
Fremantle Ports, Department of Defence, Tiwest and the Winifred Violet Scott Trust fund.

Abstract: Little Penguins from Penguin and Garden islands in Perth, Western Australia, are tracked to determine the areas in which they travel and feed throughout the breeding season. Once the areas they regularly use are determined, the threats the penguins are exposed to, and their likelihood of occurrence, can be elucidated. This forms part of a broader project to determine the population viability analysis of the Little Penguins in the Perth metropolitan region.

This statistic displays the total fertility rate in Western Australia from 2009-2010 to 2017-2018. According to the source, on average about 1.81 children were born per woman in Western Australia in 2017-2018.

Population Change: Change Over Previous Quarter: Western Australia data was reported at 16,674.000 Person in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 13,071.000 Person for Jun 2024. Population Change: Change Over Previous Quarter: Western Australia data is updated quarterly, averaging 8,418.000 Person from Sep 1981 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 173 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27,691.000 Person in Mar 2023 and a record low of 1,472.000 Person in Jun 2016. Population Change: Change Over Previous Quarter: Western Australia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G003: Population Change.

As of September 2024, **** percent of the population in Western Australia had private health insurance that covered general treatment. At the same time, around ** percent of the entire Australian population had some form of general treatment cover.

Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Western Australia: Rest of Western Australia data was reported at 536,411.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 536,715.000 Person for 2016. Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Western Australia: Rest of Western Australia data is updated yearly, averaging 526,243.500 Person from Jun 2006 (Median) to 2017, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 543,685.000 Person in 2014 and a record low of 473,669.000 Person in 2006. Population: Resident: Estimated: Annual: Western Australia: Rest of Western Australia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G002: Estimated Resident Population.

Population Change: Natural Increase: Western Australia data was reported at 3,641.000 Person in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,703.000 Person for Jun 2024. Population Change: Natural Increase: Western Australia data is updated quarterly, averaging 3,842.500 Person from Jun 1981 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 174 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,821.000 Person in Mar 2016 and a record low of 2,657.000 Person in Dec 1984. Population Change: Natural Increase: Western Australia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G003: Population Change.

The data set provides a summary of regional Western Australia data by Regional Development Commission boundaries including population, Gross Regional Product, jobs growth and unemployment.