Darling Downs WA 6122

Living Here

Darling Downs is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 1,591 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,480 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 15 schools

  • Australian Christian College - Darling Downs
  • Marri Grove Primary School
  • West Byford Primary School
  • Wungong Primary School
  • Gwynne Park Primary School
  • St. Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School
  • Salvado Catholic College
  • Byford Primary School
  • Byford Secondary College
  • Dale Christian School

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• 5 parks

  • Hidden Tree Park
  • Bill Hicks Reserve
  • Darling Downs Estate
  • Sunrays Park
  • San Simeon Park
• 2 Catholic churches

  • St Francis Xavier
  • The Good Shepherd Parish
• 1 dentist

  • Sienna Smiles
• 2 optometrists

  • Specsavers Armadale
  • Spectrum Family Eyecare
• 1 hospital

  • Armadale Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital
• 3 vets

  • Byford Vet
  • Greencross Vets
  • Forrestdale Veterinary Hospital
• 1 childcare centre

  • Great Beginnings Byford
• 4 service stations

  • Caltex
  • United
  • Shell Express
  • Vibe
• 3 gyms & sports centres

  • Serpentine Jarrahdale Community Recreation Centre
  • Armadale Badminton Hall
  • Armadale Arena
• 1 golf club

  • The Springs Club
• 1 dog park

  • The Glades Estate Dog Park
• 4 hardware stores

  • Makita
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Best Sheds
  • Sydney Tools
• 2 mechanics

  • mycar Tyre & Auto
  • Autobahn Haynes
• 1 place to stay

  • Heritage Motel

Getting around. Train station: Byford Station, 3 km south-east · Airport: Jandakot Airport, 15.4 km north-west.

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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: 21.2% 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 3.1% · Labour-force participation 70.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

55,593 bird observations recorded near Darling Downs — most often seen:

• South-western Australian Magpie (2,825)
• Twenty-eight Parrot (2,762)
• Western Australian Raven (2,716)
• Western Galah (2,680)
• Southern Magpie-lark (2,674)
• Laughing Turtle-dove (2,625)
• Western Brown Honeyeater (2,586)
• Western Red Wattlebird (2,562)
• Red-capped Parrot (2,558)
• South-western New Holland Honeyeater (2,536)
• South-western Singing Honeyeater (2,382)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (2,272)
• Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2,134)

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 Darling Downs:

• Wungong (2.1 km)
• Hilbert (2.3 km)
• Brookdale (2.8 km)
• Byford (3.3 km)
• Haynes (4.2 km)
• Mount Richon (4.3 km)
• Doobarda (4.6 km)
• Armadale (4.9 km)

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