❓ Hon Rod Caddies asks the Premier about year-to-year net population increase in Western Australia between 2019 and March 2025. The Premier provides the data sourced from the ABS in tabular form.
AnsweredQoN 1129Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
Population growth
1129. Hon Rod Caddies to
the Leader of the House representing the Premier:
I refer to
population growth in Western Australia.
What was the
year-to-year net population increase in Western Australia between 2019 and 2025
year to date?
1129. Hon Rod Caddies to
the Leader of the House representing the Premier:
I refer to
population growth in Western Australia.
What was the
year-to-year net population increase in Western Australia between 2019 and 2025
year to date?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question. The following response,
which I provide on behalf of the Leader of the House, has been provided by the Premier.
The Australian
Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recorded the Western Australian estimated
residential population (ERP) between 2019 and 2025 year to date. The rest of
the answer is in tabular form so I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
Period
Population
(ERP)
2019
2,659,625
2020
2,712,912
2021
2,749,365
2022
2,791,794
2023
2,883,762
2024
2,965,078
Mar-2025
3,030,200
ABS Sources
and Notes
1. ABS Data
by Region – Estimated Resident Population (ERP) at 30 June for
Western Australia (2019–2024)
2. ABS
National, state and territory population – March 2025 (ERP for WA)
honourable member for some notice of the question. The following response,
which I provide on behalf of the Leader of the House, has been provided by the Premier.
The Australian
Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recorded the Western Australian estimated
residential population (ERP) between 2019 and 2025 year to date. The rest of
the answer is in tabular form so I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
Period
Population
(ERP)
2019
2,659,625
2020
2,712,912
2021
2,749,365
2022
2,791,794
2023
2,883,762
2024
2,965,078
Mar-2025
3,030,200
ABS Sources
and Notes
1. ABS Data
by Region – Estimated Resident Population (ERP) at 30 June for
Western Australia (2019–2024)
2. ABS
National, state and territory population – March 2025 (ERP for WA)
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