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Perth is Australia's fourth-most-populous city, having overtaken Adelaide in 1984. [97] In June 2023 there was an estimated resident population of 2,309,338 in the Greater Perth area, representing an increase of approximately 3.6% from the 2022 estimate of 2,228,020, the highest growth rate of Australia's capital cities. [1]
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
The City of Perth is a local government area and body, within the Perth metropolitan area, which is the capital of Western Australia. The local government is commonly known as Perth City Council. The City covers the Perth city centre and surrounding suburbs. The City covers an area of 20.01 square kilometres (8 sq mi) and had an estimated ...
From 2001 to 2011, the city's population increased by 346,000, which is comparable to Sydney's 499,000 over the same period despite being only one third the size. As with Melbourne, most population growth was absorbed by the outer suburbs, primarily in the City of Wanneroo, and the southern coastal suburbs (Cockburn, Rockingham and Kwinana). In ...
In the 2016 census, there were 11,425 people living in the suburb of Perth. 34.7% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, China 4.0%, India 2.6%, New Zealand 2.5% and Malaysia 2.3%. 50.8% of people spoke only English at home.
Revenue from tourism is a strong economic driver in many of the smaller population centres outside of Perth, especially in coastal locations. Tourism forms a major part of the Western Australian economy with 833,100 international visitors making up 12.8% of the total international tourism to Australia in the year ending March 2015.
The population of Greater Perth at the 2021 Census was 2,192,229. [3] The population was projected to increase to between 4.4 million and 6.6 million by 2061. [2] [4] In 2013, Greater Perth had a population density of 310 inhabitants per square kilometre (800/sq mi), while the rest of WA had 0.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.52/sq mi).
The population of Australia is estimated to be 27,560,200 as of 13 December 2024. [10] It is the 54th [11] most populous country in the world and the most populous Oceanian country. Its population is concentrated mainly in urban areas, particularly on the Eastern, South Eastern and Southern seaboards, and is expected to exceed 30 million by ...