| Shire of Upper Gascoyne Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Shire of Upper Gascoyne administration office | |||||||||||||||
 Location in Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 170 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1887 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 57,939 km2 (22,370.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Shire President | Don Hammmarquist | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Gascoyne Junction | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Gascoyne region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | North West | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Durack | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Upper Gascoyne | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Upper Gascoyne is a local government area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, inland from Carnarvon and about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire has an area of 57,939 square kilometres (22,370 sq mi), much of which is uninhabited land or sparsely vegetated sheep station country, and its seat of government is the small town of Gascoyne Junction. It has a population of 170 (2021 census), 56% of whom identify as Aboriginal.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Upper Gascoyne (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
