HIGH CENSUS NIGHT RATIOS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA


Almost a third (15 of 46) of the high Census Night ratio LGAs were in Western Australia, extending throughout the north of the state. These LGAs had a large proportion of mining workers (23%) in their Census Night populations, in comparison to the proportion found in Western Australian (6%) and all other states and territories (1%).

Local Government Area	Census Night Population	Usual Resident Population	Census Night Ratio(a)
Exmouth	4 741	2 393	198.1
Leonora	4 345	2 512	173.0
Carnavon	8 858	5 786	153.1
Wyndham-East Kimberly	11 917	7 800	152.8
Ashburton	15 058	10 001	150.6
Broome	22 349	14 998	149.0
Perth	24 670	16 715	147.6
East Pilbara	17 147	11 950	143.5
Yilgarn	2 218	1 637	135.5
Derby-West Kimberly	11 185	8 434	132.6
Northampton	4 207	3 191	131.8
Halls Creek	4 662	3 562	130.9
Roebourne	29 971	22 899	130.9
Boddington	2 770	2 228	124.3
(a) The Census Night ratio is the ratio of the Census Night population to usual resident population, multiplied by 100.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2011.

In 2011, Wyndham-East Kimberly showed a very interesting range of characteristics in its Census Night population. It appeared to attract a large number of people of both sexes and most age ranges. This was unlike many of the other high Census Night ratio LGAs, that had visitors of both sexes, most of whom were over 50 years (e.g., Exmouth), or mainly had male visitors between 20 and 49 years (e.g., Yilgarn).

You can find population pyramids for LGAs in Western Australia with a high Census Night population ratio, by following the links below.
Exmouth
Leonora
Carnavon
Wyndham-East Kimberly
Ashburton
Broome
Perth
East Pilbara
Yilgarn
Derby-West Kimberly
Northampton
Halls Creek
Roebourne
Boddington
Port Hedland