WordPress User Groups in Australia – Some Statistics

Below are some statistics that demonstrate how popular the WordPress user groups are in Australia:

Location	Population	Number of Group Members	% of Population in Meetup Group
Hobart	216,276	93	0.0430%
Bendigo	89,666	23	0.0257%
Brisbane	2,146,577	342	0.0159%
Sydney	4,605,992	661	0.0144%
Melbourne	4,169,103	516	0.0124%
Canberra	367,752	42	0.0114%
Adelaide	1,262,940	81	0.0064%
Perth	1,832,114	66	0.0036%
Wollongong	288,101	9	0.0031%

As you can see, Hobart has the highest percentage of their population being a member of their user group. Well done Japh!

Here in Melbourne, it looks like we have some work to do.

Population Figures are sourced from Wikipedia as of 10 October 2012.

Number of Group Members Figures were sourced from each meetup.com group page as of 10 October 2012.