Drome WA 6330
107 addresses · 14 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Albany LGA › Drome · 379 km from Perth
Living Here
Drome is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 52 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,458 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 53% of households own their home and 47% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Albany Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Drome itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 hospitals
Getting around. Airport: Albany Regional Airport, 1.5 km north-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: 44.4% 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 | 44.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 53.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Drome
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Drome
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Drome
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Drome
| Australian | 33 |
|---|---|
| English | 14 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Croatian | 3 |
Housing tenure in Drome
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Drome
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Drome
| Car | 15 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
533 bird observations recorded near Drome — most often seen:
- Red-capped Parrot (33)
- Western Red Wattlebird (29)
- Western Silvereye (28)
- South-western Grey Fantail (27)
- Western Australian Raven (27)
- South-west Western Rosella (26)
- South-western Australian Magpie (25)
- South-western New Holland Honeyeater (25)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (20)
- Southern Magpie-lark (18)
- Common Bronzewing (17)
- New Holland Honeyeater (17)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (17)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Drome
- Southern Inland Thornbill (17)
- Red-winged Fairy-wren (16)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (16)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (16)
- Western Splendid Fairy-wren (16)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (14)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (14)
- Western Rosella (14)
- Red-eared Firetail (13)
- South-west Western Gerygone (13)
- Western Spinebill (13)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (12)
- Mainland Tree Martin (11)
- Straw-necked Ibis (11)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (10)
- Australian White Ibis (9)
- Elegant Parrot (9)
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
- Albany Highway (19)
- Arawa Rise (7)
- Down Road (6)
- Down Road S (2)
- Down Road W (2)
- Gunn Road (3)
- Henderson Road (2)
- Ibuki Place (4)
- Link Road (2)
- Marere Court (4)
- Minotaur Loop (25)
- Orari Court (3)
- Parker Brook Road (2)
- Rangatira Road (26)
