The population of Australia has just passed 22 million.

Of these, 2.2 million live in the state of Western Australia.

About 1.6 million people now live in the city of Perth. An interesting fact about Melbourne is that it receives less rain - 650 mm - than Perth (790 mm) and Sydney (1175 mm).

Over the past 90+ years, Perth has averaged 7.9 hours of sunshine each day. This makes it the sunniest state capital city in Australia.