WA Pome Industry

Pome fruit are a significant fruit crop in Western Australia with most grown in the South West region (Donnybrook, Manjimup and Pemberton) as well as the Perth Hills and surrounds.

Pears and Nashi are a minor commercial crop in Western Australia, grown in similar areas to apples. Pome fruit production covers 1300 hectares in Western Australia. The state produces around 11 percent of national apple production and 5 percent of national pear production. Western Australian orchards produce an annual total of 36,000 tonnes of pome fruit a year. The average property size is 9.7 hectares and the average yield is 30 tonnes per hectare. The gross farm gate value of the industry is around $45 million per annum and a small percentage of production is exported.

(Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015)