The City of Perth was the fastest growing local government area in Australia in the last financial year with growth of 12.8 per cent, new figures from the Bureau of Statistics show.
Western Australia had seven out of the top ten local government regions, with the Wheatbelt town of Tammin and Serpentine-Jarrahdale, just south of Perth, among the fastest growing.
WA also featured in the top five recordings for regional growth - Mandurah recorded the number one place with a 5.34 per cent increase in population.
The Peel-region's largest community was followed by Hervey Bay in Queensland with a 4.52 per cent gain and Bunbury in third place with a 4.33 per cent lift.
In relation to capital city growth, Perth was followed by Melbourne with 4 per cent, Darwin up 2.6 per cent, Sydney grew 2.58 per cent, Adelaide climbed 2.35 per cent, Brisbane up by 2.05 per cent and Hobart up by 0.48 per cent.
CommSec's analysis of the data named WA's population growth as "super-normal" and attributed Perth's growth as a key factor in national population growth, reported last week as growing by 2.09 per cent over the year.
Analysis released last week from CommSec found Australia's population growth in the last twelve months was close to the fastest rate recorded in 40 years.
