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.