Dandaragan WA 6507
221 addresses · 32 streets
Durack Electorate › Dandaragan LGA › Dandaragan · 146 km from Perth
Living Here
Dandaragan is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 292 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $205 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gingin - Dandaragan statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dandaragan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 3.2% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 3.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 70.1%
Population by age in Dandaragan
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 32 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 34 |
| 35-44 | 28 |
| 45-54 | 41 |
| 55-64 | 53 |
| 65-74 | 34 |
| 75-84 | 31 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dandaragan
| House | 115 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dandaragan
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 26 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 32 |
| $3,000+ | 27 |
Top ancestries in Dandaragan
| Australian | 140 |
|---|---|
| English | 123 |
| Irish | 32 |
| Scottish | 29 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| Aboriginal | 17 |
Housing tenure in Dandaragan
| Owned | 54 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 23 |
| Other | 14 |
Cars per household in Dandaragan
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 49 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4+ | 28 |
Commute to work in Dandaragan
| Car | 103 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 39 |
Top countries of birth in Dandaragan
| South Africa | 11 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 8 |
| Scotland | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 |
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
215 bird observations recorded near Dandaragan — most often seen:
- Twenty-eight Parrot (14)
- Western Wattlebird (14)
- South-western Australian Magpie (13)
- Western Corella (12)
- Western Galah (12)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (9)
- Hardhead (9)
- Pink-eared Duck (9)
- Little Grassbird (8)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (8)
- Western Silvereye (8)
- Birds (7)
- Southern Magpie-lark (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dandaragan
- Western Splendid Fairy-wren (7)
- White-faced Heron (7)
- Eurasian Coot (6)
- Galah (6)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (6)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (5)
- Pallid Cuckoo (5)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (5)
- Western Australian Raven (5)
- Western Striated Pardalote (5)
- Australian Ringneck (4)
- Australian Shelduck (4)
- Grey Teal (4)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (4)
- Masked Woodswallow (4)
- Northern Little Corella (4)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (4)
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 Dandaragan:
- Cataby (19.7 km)
- Yathroo (22.1 km)
- Cooljarloo (26.6 km)
- Moora (27.9 km)
- Mimegarra (29.2 km)
- Barberton (30.7 km)
- Badgingarra (32.8 km)
- Regans Ford (34.7 km)
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Streets
- Agaton Road (6)
- Badgingarra Road (16)
- Bowmar Place (5)
- Brand Highway (2)
- Brockman Court (8)
- Camm Road (29)
- Cataby Road (9)
- Clark Street (3)
- Coomberdale West Road (3)
- Cosmos Place (2)
- Dandaragan Road (66)
- Golf Drive (3)
- Hall Close (1)
- Harris Street (3)
- Kayanaba Road (5)
- Kolburn Road (1)
- Kooringal Vale (11)
- Lupin Valley Road (1)
- Mahomet Road (2)
- Menardie Road (1)
- Minyulo Road (3)
- Mungedar Road (1)
- Muthawandery Road (5)
- North West Road (8)
- Quin Place (5)
- Rowes Road (5)
- Topham Street (7)
- Vine Cottage Lane (2)
- Walyering Road (2)
- Wandawallah Road (2)
- Wolba Road (2)
- Yandin Road (2)
