Alma WA 6535
52 addresses · 17 streets
Durack Electorate › Northampton LGA › Alma · 424 km from Perth
Living Here
Alma is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 116 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,468 a week, with median rent near $195 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Northampton - Mullewa - Greenough statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Alma itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Geraldton Airport, 57 km south.
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: 2.1% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 2.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.8% · Labour-force participation 57.9%
Population by age in Alma
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Alma
| House | 39 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Alma
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Alma
| Australian | 64 |
|---|---|
| English | 37 |
| Ancestry NS | 21 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Aboriginal | 3 |
Housing tenure in Alma
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Alma
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Alma
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 21 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
36 bird observations recorded near Alma — most often seen:
- Western Galah (4)
- Birds (2)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (2)
- Red Wattlebird (2)
- Southern Magpie-lark (2)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2)
- Western Crested Pigeon (2)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (1)
- Emu (1)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (1)
- Little Crow (1)
- Magpie-lark (1)
Show all 26 birds recorded near Alma
- Masked Woodswallow (1)
- Northern Little Corella (1)
- Osprey (1)
- Red-capped Robin (1)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (1)
- Rufous Fieldwren (1)
- Southern White-browed Babbler (1)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (1)
- Western Corella (1)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (1)
- Western Silvereye (1)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (1)
- White-fronted Chat (1)
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 Alma:
- Northampton (6.9 km)
- East Bowes (10.6 km)
- Sandy Gully (12.3 km)
- Isseka (17.1 km)
- Bowes (17.7 km)
- Ogilvie (17.7 km)
- Hickety (18.8 km)
- Nolba (20.7 km)
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Streets
- Baddera Road (1)
- Bandy Road (1)
- Burges Road (1)
- Chilimony Road (4)
- Chisholms Road (1)
- Cripps Road (1)
- Jib Jib Road (1)
- Johnson Road (5)
- North West Coastal Highway (9)
- Olivier Road (7)
- Parker Road (1)
- Pigeon Well Road (3)
- Rifle Range Road (1)
- Rob Road (6)
- Rosser Road (2)
- Well Siding Road (1)
- Wundi Road (7)
