Derby WA 6728

Living Here

Derby is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 3,222 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,713 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 32% of households own their home and 63% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Derby - West Kimberley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Derby itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Derby District High School
  • Holy Rosary School
• 2 supermarkets

  • Woolworths
  • IGA
• 1 hospital

  • Derby Regional Hospital
• 1 post office

  • Derby LPO
• 1 service station

  • Colac Roadhouse
• 1 gym

  • Derby Recreation Centre
• 1 golf club

  • Derby Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10

Getting around. Airport: Derby Airport, 6.6 km south.

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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: 13.8% 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 4.9% · Labour-force participation 42.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

10,921 bird observations recorded near Derby — most often seen:

• Black Kite (908)
• Australian White Ibis (577)
• Masked Lapwing (570)
• Magpie-lark (490)
• Torresian Crow (458)
• Whistling Kite (442)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (432)
• White-breasted Woodswallow (384)
• Peaceful Dove (349)
• Northern Magpie-lark (348)
• Pacific Black Duck (348)
• Straw-necked Ibis (347)
• Willie Wagtail (343)

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 Derby:

• Meda (13 km)

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