Alkimos WA 6038

Living Here

Alkimos is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 10,203 people, with a median age of 31. The typical household earns around $2,035 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Yanchep statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Alkimos itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 14 schools

  • Saint James' Anglican School
  • Alkimos Beach Primary School
  • Alkimos College
  • Shorehaven Primary School
  • John Butler Primary College
  • Northshore Christian Grammar School
  • Alkimos Primary School
  • Eglinton Beach Primary School
  • Butler Primary School
  • East Butler Primary School

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• 3 cafés & restaurants

  • Santorini
  • The Beach House
  • Oceans 27
• 3 supermarkets

  • Coles
  • Aldi
  • Woolworths
• 43 parks

  • Bryde Park
  • Bristlebird Park
  • Grasswren Park
  • Scrubwren Park
  • Graceful Park
  • Fairy Park
  • Pearson Park
  • Alkimos Beach Fitness Park
  • Humpback Park
  • Benson Park

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• 1 Catholic church

  • St Andrews Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • Priceline Pharmacy
• 2 doctors & medical clinics

  • Butler Family Practice
  • Butler Boulevard Medical Centre
• 1 childcare centre

  • Tribe Early Learning Butler
• 4 service stations

  • BP
  • BP
  • 7 Eleven
  • Ampol
• 2 golf clubs

  • Yanchep National Park Golf Course
  • Sun City Country Club

Getting around. Train station: Alkimos, 800 m east · Bus interchange: Eglinton Bus Station, 3.9 km north · Airport: Perth Airport, 44.9 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 13.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.7% · Labour-force participation 75.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,629 bird observations recorded near Alkimos — most often seen:

• Short-billed Black-cockatoo (1,105)
• Laughing Turtle-dove (181)
• Galah (168)
• Singing Honeyeater (167)
• Twenty-eight Parrot (165)
• Pacific Black Duck (148)
• Australian Raven (145)
• Western Silvereye (141)
• Willie Wagtail (141)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (140)
• Western Galah (137)
• South-western New Holland Honeyeater (134)
• South-western Grey Fantail (132)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Alkimos:

• Jindalee (2.6 km)
• Butler (3.4 km)
• Eglinton (3.4 km)
• Carabooda (3.8 km)
• Quinns Rocks (5.4 km)
• Merriwa (5.9 km)
• Ridgewood (6 km)
• Nowergup (6.7 km)

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