The state ticked over two million people in March 2005. At roughly 2am on Thursday,WA welcomed its three-millionth resident.
Our state’s elections are often visions of major party leaders flying between clusters of regional city marginal seats. But that’s only one path to victory.
Births have fallen to a 17-year low while the nation’s fertility rate has never been lower. High-priced housing is not putting people in the mood for children.
There’s something strange going on in the best-located suburbs of our biggest cities. As the national population surges,they are shrinking.
NSW has more than 2 million dogs and nearly 1.6 million cats as higher pet ownership becomes the “new normal”.
For some parents,it’s not that they can’t afford to have more children,it’s that they simply don’t have the time to raise them.
The housing crisis is triggering an exodus in the eastern suburbs,inner west and lower north shore.
The state’s population has swelled since 2019 and the growth is being absorbed in some surprising places,according to new analysis by KPMG Australia.
Western Australia’s population has grown by 89,000 people in the past year,according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data.
Family-friendly suburbs with the highest concentration of children are all located on the outskirts of Perth.
The WA community services sector has come out swinging ahead of the state election saying the state has it in its power to act now on people’s suffering.