Brookton WA 6306

Living Here

Brookton is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 732 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,189 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Brookton District High School
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Stumpy's Roadhouse
  • Cafe Deli
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA Local Grocer - Nourish Brookton
• 1 park

  • Lions Park
• 1 vet

  • Heartlands Veterinary Hospital
• 1 childcare centre

  • REED
• 1 post office

  • Brookton LPO
• 2 service stations

  • Stumpy's Roadhouse
  • Puma
• 1 gym

  • Brookton Swimming Pool
• 1 butcher

  • Quality Meats
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10
• 1 mechanic

  • Brookton Towing and Mechanical Repairs
• 2 places to stay

  • The Brookton
  • Bedford Arms Hotel

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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: 7.2% 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 6.5% · Labour-force participation 50.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

800 bird observations recorded near Brookton — most often seen:

• Australian Ringneck (50)
• Red Wattlebird (48)
• Australian Raven (45)
• Twenty-eight Parrot (38)
• Galah (36)
• Weebill (35)
• Common Bronzewing (34)
• Brown Honeyeater (33)
• Laughing Turtle-dove (33)
• Willie Wagtail (32)
• White-cheeked Honeyeater (30)
• Welcome Swallow (26)
• Western Red Wattlebird (25)

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 Brookton:

• Kokeby (18.2 km)
• Pingelly (19.8 km)
• West Pingelly (21.1 km)
• Bally Bally (22 km)
• Aldersyde (24.5 km)
• Jelcobine (26.2 km)
• Hastings (28.1 km)
• Dale (28.2 km)

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