20,409
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Wheat Belt - South · Sub-region (SA3)
Economy & Advantage in Wheat Belt - South
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
A modest 2.4% increase in residents since 2021 defines the slow pace of change for Wheat Belt - South. This area is sparsely populated, with only 20,409 people living across its vast landscape.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
The population has grown by 2.4% since 2021, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 10.7%.
2.4%
Lower than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Population growth since the 2021 Census, from ABS annual estimates.
Sources
- Regional Population (Estimated Resident Population) — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Economy & Advantage in Wheat Belt - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50903/wheat-belt-south/topic/economy-advantage