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Bruce Rock WA 6418

823 addresses · 70 streets

O'Connor Electorate › Bruce Rock LGA › Bruce Rock · 217 km from Perth

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Living Here

Bruce Rock is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 742 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,236 a week, with median rent near $160 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

742Population
49Median age
$1,236Median household income / wk
$160Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs3/10

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% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Bruce Rock

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

Tree cover measures, Bruce Rock WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20202.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20211.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 51.7%

Population by age in Bruce Rock
Population by age, Bruce Rock WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-445
5-1497
15-1929
20-2429
25-3465
35-4485
45-5479
55-6493
65-74130
75-8469
85+24
Dwelling types in Bruce Rock
Dwelling types, Bruce Rock WA (ABS Census 2021)
House224
Townhouse18
Apartment0
Other8
Households by weekly income in Bruce Rock
Households by weekly income, Bruce Rock WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65056
$650-1,49986
$1,500-2,99968
$3,000+35
Top ancestries in Bruce Rock
Top ancestries, Bruce Rock WA (ABS Census 2021)
English344
Australian302
Ancestry NS84
Scottish72
German40
Irish38
Housing tenure in Bruce Rock
Housing tenure, Bruce Rock WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned124
Mortgage52
Rented62
Other19
Cars per household in Bruce Rock
Cars per household, Bruce Rock WA (ABS Census 2021)
09
192
2105
337
4+28
Commute to work in Bruce Rock
Commute to work, Bruce Rock WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car179
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked33
Bicycle4
Home40
Top countries of birth in Bruce Rock
Top countries of birth, Bruce Rock WA (ABS Census 2021)
England21
New Zealand11
Germany7
Philippines7
Scotland5
South Africa5
Languages used at home in Bruce Rock
Languages used at home, Bruce Rock WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous7
Arabic5
Afrikaans4
Spanish4
German3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

539 bird observations recorded near Bruce Rock — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Bruce Rock

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

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