41,107
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Goldfields · Sub-region (SA3)
Economy & Advantage in Goldfields
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
A growth rate of just 2.3% means Goldfields is expanding far more slowly than the rest of Western Australia. While the region has 41,107 residents, its recent population rise has lagged well behind the state trend.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
Population growth since 2021 was 2.3%, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is well below the Western Australian average of 10.7%.
2.3%
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 Goldfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/51103/goldfields/topic/economy-advantage