Buckland WA 6401
31 addresses · 5 streets
Durack Electorate › Northam LGA › Buckland · 86 km from Perth
Living Here
Buckland is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 56 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,674 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Ancestry NS, Australian. 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 Northam statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Buckland itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
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: 3.3% 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 | 3.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.1% · Labour-force participation 62.2%
Population by age in Buckland
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Buckland
| House | 17 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Buckland
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Buckland
| English | 18 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Australian | 10 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Italian | 7 |
| Other | 6 |
Housing tenure in Buckland
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Buckland
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Buckland
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Buckland
| England | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Buckland
| Italian | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,483 bird observations recorded near Buckland — most often seen:
- Australian Raven (194)
- Singing Honeyeater (192)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (175)
- Galah (172)
- Grey Butcherbird (172)
- Magpie-lark (168)
- Willie Wagtail (164)
- Brown Honeyeater (147)
- Crested Pigeon (147)
- Australian Magpie (144)
- Rufous Whistler (135)
- Red Wattlebird (132)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (131)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Buckland
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (118)
- Western Gerygone (115)
- Laughing Kookaburra (109)
- Pied Butcherbird (101)
- Australian Wood Duck (98)
- Common Bronzewing (96)
- Weebill (92)
- South-western Australian Magpie (87)
- Little Corella (82)
- Australian Ringneck (76)
- Tree Martin (75)
- Nankeen Kestrel (72)
- Pallid Cuckoo (61)
- South-western Grey Fantail (60)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (57)
- Striated Pardalote (56)
- Red-capped Robin (55)
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 Buckland:
- Wongamine (5.3 km)
- Irishtown (6.6 km)
- Jennapullin (8.3 km)
- Dumbarton (10.9 km)
- Jennacubbine (11.7 km)
- Nunile (12 km)
- Katrine (13.6 km)
- Northam (14 km)
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Streets
- Dumbarton Road (1)
- Goomalling-toodyay Road (1)
- Haddrill Road (3)
- Irishtown Road (14)
- Wongamine Road (12)
