What are the largest suburbs in Western Australia?

The top-ranked suburbs are Baldivis, Canning Vale, Ellenbrook, Dianella, Thornlie, and more, ordered by a category-specific composite score from official government and open data.

What does the index column mean on ranking pages?

The index shows relative strength within the ranking list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader. It is not an overall suburb rating out of 100.

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Largest Suburbs in Western Australia

Suburbs ranked by estimated resident population from the latest ABS ERP release, allocated to suburb boundaries via area-weighted SA2 overlap.

Rank	Suburb	Population
#1	Baldivis	49,333
#2	Canning Vale	38,188
#3	Ellenbrook	30,198
#4	Dianella	26,718
#5	Thornlie	25,859
#6	Byford	25,177
#7	Morley	25,173
#8	Gosnells	24,130
#9	Willetton	21,776
#10	Scarborough	20,802
#11	Landsdale	20,541
#12	Piara Waters	20,408
#13	Ballajura	20,054
#14	Wellard	19,386
#15	Australind	18,324
#16	Rockingham	18,188
#17	Duncraig	17,934
#18	Aveley	17,743
#19	Perth	17,484
#20	Armadale	17,026
#21	Bayswater	17,008
#22	Halls Head	16,673
#23	Alkimos	16,491
#24	Como	16,377
#25	Balga	15,703
#26	Southern River	15,610
#27	Maylands	15,546
#28	Success	15,494
#29	Wanneroo	15,451
#30	Brabham	15,417
#31	Yanchep	15,247
#32	Nollamara	15,014
#33	Butler	14,907
#34	Secret Harbour	14,883
#35	Port Kennedy	14,715
#36	High Wycombe	14,509
#37	Maddington	14,316
#38	Clarkson	14,215
#39	South Perth	14,185
#40	Forrestfield	14,050
#41	Stirling	14,037
#42	Yokine	14,031
#43	Harrisdale	13,951
#44	Kingsley	13,862
#45	Wembley	13,781
#46	East Perth	13,615
#47	Waikiki	13,565
#48	Banksia Grove	13,428
#49	Seville Grove	13,043
#50	South Hedland	13,007

Population is ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to suburb boundaries via area-weighted SA2 overlap. Not an official ABS suburb-level figure.

Last updated 27 July 2026 at 11:38 pm AWST

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