Bobalong WA 6320
36 addresses · 12 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Broomehill-Tambellup LGA › Bobalong · 279 km from Perth
Living Here
Bobalong is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 45 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,624 a week, with median rent near $185 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kojonup statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bobalong itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Katanning Airport, 35.8 km north.
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: 9.8% 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 | 9.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 16.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Bobalong
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bobalong
| House | 15 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Bobalong
| Australian | 32 |
|---|---|
| English | 12 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Bobalong
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Bobalong
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Bobalong
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Bobalong
| England | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
96 bird observations recorded near Bobalong — most often seen:
- Short-billed Black-cockatoo (23)
- Galah (5)
- Regent Parrot (5)
- Tree Martin (5)
- Willie Wagtail (4)
- Yellow-throated Miner (4)
- Australian Ringneck (3)
- Northern Striated Pardalote (3)
- Rufous Treecreeper (3)
- Rufous Whistler (3)
- Sacred Kingfisher (3)
- Western Gerygone (3)
- Australasian Grebe (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bobalong
- Australian Raven (2)
- Elegant Parrot (2)
- Golden Whistler (2)
- Mistletoebird (2)
- Pacific Black Duck (2)
- Red-necked Stint (2)
- Restless Flycatcher (2)
- South-western Australian Magpie (2)
- Splendid Fairy-wren (2)
- Weebill (2)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (2)
- Western Striated Pardalote (2)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (2)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Black-capped Sittella (1)
- Brown Goshawk (1)
- Brown Honeyeater (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 Bobalong:
- Tambellup (7.7 km)
- Moonies Hill (9.2 km)
- Borderdale (15.6 km)
- Broomehill West (17.9 km)
- Dartnall (18 km)
- Broomehill Village (19.7 km)
- Wansbrough (20 km)
- Broomehill East (23.7 km)
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Streets
- Birt Road (1)
- Collins Road (1)
- Crosby Road (6)
- Gnowangerup-tambellup Road (1)
- Great Southern Highway (3)
- Greenhills Road (1)
- Greenhills South Road (7)
- Hodgson Road (3)
- Jam Creek Road (3)
- North West Road (3)
- Pindellup Road (4)
- Tambellup West Road (3)
