Burlong WA 6401
31 addresses · 10 streets
Durack Electorate › Northam LGA › Burlong · 76 km from Perth
Living Here
Burlong is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 340 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $725 a week, with median rent near $275 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Australian, German. 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: Burlong itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Northam, 8 km east.
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: 10.4% 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 | 10.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 21.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Burlong
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 28 |
| 25-34 | 130 |
| 35-44 | 93 |
| 45-54 | 46 |
| 55-64 | 25 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Burlong
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Burlong
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Burlong
| Ancestry NS | 311 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 20 |
| German | 9 |
| English | 8 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Burlong
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Burlong
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Burlong
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Burlong
| Iran | 30 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 30 |
| Vietnam | 26 |
| India | 20 |
| Sri Lanka | 19 |
| Afghanistan | 15 |
Languages used at home in Burlong
| Afrikaans | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
13,619 bird observations recorded near Burlong — most often seen:
- Twenty-eight Parrot (887)
- Western Australian Raven (882)
- South-western Australian Magpie (794)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (746)
- Western Galah (671)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (661)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (587)
- Southern Weebill (525)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (494)
- Western Crested Pigeon (476)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (473)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (461)
- Butler's Corella (411)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Burlong
- Southern Magpie-lark (411)
- Western Striated Pardalote (411)
- Grey Teal (374)
- Western Pied Butcherbird (365)
- Pacific Black Duck (359)
- Eurasian Coot (352)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (340)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (339)
- Western Red Wattlebird (337)
- White-faced Heron (328)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (310)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (298)
- South-west Western Gerygone (293)
- South-western Grey Fantail (288)
- Mainland Tree Martin (260)
- Western Silvereye (255)
- Mistletoebird (231)
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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Streets
- Aphylla Road (2)
- Colebatch Street (2)
- Dalgite Road (2)
- Dempster Road (1)
- Eadine Road (3)
- Fox Road (3)
- Great Eastern Highway (8)
- Northam-toodyay Road (3)
- Smith Road (6)
- Trimmer Road (1)
