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Western Australia

First-level unit, Australia: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Map All 9 first-level units
Page GRX-AUS-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO AUS / AUStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
2,584,028
people (GHSL 2025)
2,531,593 km²
area
10.1%
of Australia
137
units inside

01Map

Inside Western Australia

The 137 ADM2 units of Western Australia.

FIG 1 · 137 units inside Western Australia
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

2,584,028

10.1% of Australia.

People · WorldPop 2025

2,562,759

-1% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Indawo

2,531,593 km²

1 people per km².

Ikhowudi

AU-WA

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

330,525

people on land at or below 10 m, 12.8% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

137 units inside Western Australia

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Unit Ikhowudi People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Albany – 33,067 34,593 4,311.5 8 1.2% 3,634
Armadale – 85,345 125,471 559.77 152 3.1% 0
Ashburton – 17,184 5,944 101,065.73 0 0.6% 688
Augusta Margaret River – 14,227 16,810 2,125.12 7 0.5% 39
Bassendean – 14,187 15,528 10.35 1,371 0.5% 0
Bayswater – 83,330 82,653 34.58 2,410 3% 10,035
Belmont – 56,490 61,490 39.92 1,415 2.1% 775
Beverley – 1,673 1,674 2,371.9 1 0.1% 0
Boddington – 2,501 1,763 1,905.18 1 0.1% 0
Boyup Brook – 1,692 1,919 2,827.21 1 0.1% 0
Bridgetown-Greenbushes – 4,442 5,256 1,337.43 3 0.2% 0
Brookton – 951 822 1,602.33 1 0% 0
Broome – 18,409 16,512 54,523.26 0 0.7% 2,146
Broomehill-Tambellup – 1,171 869 2,610.08 0 0% 0
Bruce Rock – 959 959 2,726.55 0 0% 0
Bunbury – 32,507 29,082 65.34 498 1.2% 7,311
Busselton – 37,519 38,330 1,453.92 26 1.4% 16,805
Cambridge – 93,449 101,426 22 4,248 3.4% 5,104
Canning – 49,393 49,393 64.97 760 1.8% 24,987
Capel – 13,708 11,886 558.25 25 0.5% 550
Carnamah – 603 546 2,873.83 0 0% 0
Carnarvon – 5,093 4,069 46,676.63 0 0.2% 4,146
Chapman Valley – 926 875 3,987.95 0 0% 1
Chittering – 5,463 6,527 1,220.63 4 0.2% 0
Claremont – 26,254 31,455 4.95 5,304 1% 1,133
Cockburn – 160,966 179,333 168.58 955 5.9% 10,250
Collie – 9,668 7,933 1,710.98 6 0.4% 0
Coolgardie – 4,075 2,613 30,321.97 0 0.1% 0
Coorow – 553 394 4,194.84 0 0% 34
Corrigin – 1,075 814 2,682.96 0 0% 0
Cottesloe – 3,996 4,788 4 999 0.1% 0
Cranbrook – 1,140 1,003 3,277.62 0 0% 0
Cuballing – 882 877 1,195.93 1 0% 0
Cue – 304 154 13,605.1 0 0% 0
Cunderdin – 1,318 1,167 1,864.02 1 0% 0
Dalwallinu – 1,240 1,330 7,232.37 0 0% 0
Dandaragan – 2,043 1,667 6,719.95 0 0.1% 42
Dardanup – 16,001 15,466 525.56 30 0.6% 1,050
Denmark – 4,103 4,493 1,860.99 2 0.1% 125
Derby-West Kimberley – 10,042 6,215 120,101.38 0 0.4% 3,342
Donnybrook-Balingup – 5,681 6,247 1,560.64 4 0.2% 0
Dowerin – 682 670 1,864.51 0 0% 0
Dumbleyung – 607 687 2,540.36 0 0% 0
Dundas – 1,238 374 92,965.35 0 0% 5
East Fremantle – 4,696 5,626 3.13 1,500 0.2% 0
East Pilbara – 25,475 8,030 373,386.44 0 0.9% 21
Esperance – 15,146 13,106 44,819.44 0 0.6% 3,761
Exmouth – 2,254 3,166 6,504.74 0 0.1% 525
Fremantle – 27,949 33,485 19.49 1,434 1% 3,691
Gingin – 3,934 4,483 3,211.28 1 0.1% 13
Gnowangerup – 1,273 1,032 4,266.45 0 0% 0
Goomalling – 1,023 870 1,837.25 1 0% 0
Gosnells – 153,084 141,380 127.33 1,202 5.6% 8,026
Greater Geraldton – 35,338 29,527 9,921.29 4 1.3% 557
Halls Creek – 4,273 3,278 133,338.08 0 0.2% 0
Harvey – 24,709 27,040 1,728.85 14 0.9% 4,463
Irwin – 4,254 3,475 2,372.46 2 0.2% 203
Jerramungup – 1,074 1,098 6,513.01 0 0% 26
Joondalup – 148,566 135,493 99.04 1,500 5.4% 339
Kalamunda – 33,509 33,689 324.24 103 1.2% 0
Kalgoorlie-Boulder – 34,762 25,225 95,618.56 0 1.3% 0
Karratha – 42,148 21,249 15,278.15 3 1.5% 15,702
Katanning – 4,471 3,692 1,518.55 3 0.2% 0
Kellerberrin – 1,223 1,019 1,916.6 1 0% 0
Kent – 533 440 5,626.29 0 0% 0
Kojonup – 2,091 1,652 2,931.83 1 0.1% 0
Kondinin – 1,052 613 7,446.84 0 0% 0
Koorda – 439 269 2,834.97 0 0% 0
Kulin – 839 670 4,721.55 0 0% 0
Kwinana – 44,895 50,338 120.1 374 1.6% 5,912
Lake Grace – 1,421 1,094 11,893.16 0 0.1% 0
Laverton – 1,441 1,227 180,270.09 0 0.1% 0
Leonora – 2,890 1,034 31,964.91 0 0.1% 0
Mandurah – 66,481 63,588 175.51 379 2.4% 35,455
Manjimup – 9,046 8,320 7,032.52 1 0.3% 78
Meekatharra – 1,528 927 100,397.18 0 0.1% 0
Melville – 59,116 68,112 52.89 1,118 2.1% 6,836
Menzies – 433 630 124,248.81 0 0% 0
Merredin – 3,205 2,633 3,297.56 1 0.1% 0
Mingenew – 524 317 1,936.8 0 0% 0
Moora – 2,452 1,929 3,766.39 1 0.1% 0
Morawa – 985 445 3,515.1 0 0% 0
Mosman Park – 6,466 7,747 4.31 1,500 0.2% 0
Mount Magnet – 718 628 13,878.59 0 0% 0
Mount Marshall – 460 377 10,197.77 0 0% 0
Mukinbudin – 492 615 3,429.85 0 0% 0
Mundaring – 30,230 32,065 644.08 47 1.1% 0
Murchison – 119 62 45,127.68 0 0% 0
Murray – 19,394 20,089 1,704.64 11 0.7% 10,757
Nannup – 1,302 1,589 3,054.1 0 0% 0
Narembeen – 799 732 3,812 0 0% 0
Narrogin – 5,173 4,139 1,631.99 3 0.2% 0
Nedlands – 19,680 21,542 19.7 999 0.7% 0
Ngaanyatjarraku – 1,638 1,094 160,172.3 0 0.1% 0
Northam – 11,187 10,915 1,432.06 8 0.4% 0
Northampton – 3,412 2,798 12,563.49 0 0.1% 67
Nungarin – 214 239 1,167.76 0 0% 0
Peppermint Grove – 1,019 1,221 1.02 999 0% 0
Perenjori – 977 411 8,313.53 0 0% 0
Perth – 13,586 14,872 13.6 999 0.5% 0
Pingelly – 1,162 801 1,295.14 1 0% 0
Plantagenet – 5,408 5,481 4,875.71 1 0.2% 0
Port Hedland – 24,999 15,314 18,467.29 1 0.9% 6,627
Quairading – 1,081 792 2,018.16 1 0% 0
Ravensthorpe – 2,359 1,895 9,847.19 0 0.1% 129
Rockingham – 116,924 115,544 258.72 452 4.3% 71,191
Sandstone – 112 74 32,648.93 0 0% 0
Serpentine-Jarrahdale – 24,419 37,135 902.08 27 0.9% 146
Shark Bay – 117 126 24,250.05 0 0% 7
South Perth – 97,820 99,725 20.2 4,843 3.6% 39,876
Stirling – 220,301 232,568 105.04 2,097 8% 7,177
Subiaco – 5,664 6,200 5.67 999 0.2% 0
Swan – 132,590 185,661 1,043.65 127 4.8% 8,132
Tammin – 415 351 1,102.26 0 0% 0
Three Springs – 676 462 2,660.13 0 0% 0
Toodyay – 4,213 4,033 1,693.1 2 0.2% 0
Trayning – 343 225 1,652.72 0 0% 0
Upper Gascoyne – 223 79 57,935.18 0 0% 0
Victoria Park – 38,848 38,848 18.04 2,153 1.4% 0
Victoria Plains – 899 625 2,553.46 0 0% 0
Vincent – 30,931 29,565 11.46 2,699 1.1% 0
Wagin – 1,892 1,505 1,946.75 1 0.1% 0
Wandering – 446 506 1,905.54 0 0% 0
Wanneroo – 301,898 241,460 684.61 441 11% 0
Waroona – 3,927 4,147 833.07 5 0.1% 276
West Arthur – 947 642 2,832.73 0 0% 0
Westonia – 276 203 3,322.96 0 0% 0
Wickepin – 780 643 2,042.62 0 0% 0
Williams – 961 1,057 2,306.03 0 0% 0
Wiluna – 1,313 255 181,667.91 0 0% 0
Wongan-Ballidu – 1,434 1,043 3,368.58 0 0.1% 0
Woodanilling – 430 426 1,129.28 0 0% 0
Wyalkatchem – 535 366 1,596.22 0 0% 0
Wyndham-East Kimberley – 9,582 6,874 112,429.88 0 0.3% 392
Yalgoo – 454 241 27,986.86 0 0% 0
Yilgarn – 1,611 729 30,457.91 0 0.1% 0
York – 3,504 3,159 2,133.19 2 0.1% 0
04Ukuchaphazeleka

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
528.9 H3 cells
Ports
6 H3 cells
Airports
1 H3 cells
Major roads
15,293.6 H3 cells
Railways
7,424.8 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
1,446.7 H3 cells
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Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Western Australia publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Australia.
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Neighbouring units

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Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen AUS ADM1, source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2021
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen AUS ADM2, source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2022
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Amazwe
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.

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