Fortescue WA 6716
1 address · 1 street
Durack Electorate › Ashburton LGA › Fortescue · 1152 km from Perth
Living Here
Fortescue is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 190 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $899 a week, with median rent near $50 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 43% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ashburton (WA) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fortescue 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: 1.9% 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 | 1.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 89.5%
Population by age in Fortescue
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 22 |
| 25-34 | 49 |
| 35-44 | 38 |
| 45-54 | 44 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Fortescue
| House | 6 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 6 |
Households by weekly income in Fortescue
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Fortescue
| English | 58 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 39 |
| Irish | 30 |
| Other | 25 |
| Aboriginal | 19 |
| Maori | 13 |
Housing tenure in Fortescue
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Fortescue
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Fortescue
| Car | 60 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 55 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 16 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Fortescue
| England | 14 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 14 |
| Ireland | 13 |
| Philippines | 8 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| India | 3 |
Languages used at home in Fortescue
| Australian Indigenous | 8 |
|---|---|
| Tagalog | 5 |
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
852 bird observations recorded near Fortescue — most often seen:
- Whistling Kite (55)
- Little Corella (52)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (52)
- White-faced Heron (46)
- Pacific Black Duck (37)
- Magpie-lark (36)
- Zebra Finch (36)
- Great Egret (34)
- Budgerigar (32)
- Fairy Martin (32)
- Willie Wagtail (31)
- Little Pied Cormorant (29)
- Southern Magpie-lark (28)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Fortescue
- Northern Little Corella (27)
- White-necked Heron (26)
- Black Kite (25)
- Spinifex Pigeon (25)
- Cockatiel (22)
- Painted Finch (22)
- Western White-plumed Honeyeater (22)
- Australasian Darter (21)
- Little Black Cormorant (21)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (21)
- Straw-necked Ibis (21)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (18)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (17)
- Australasian Grebe (16)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (16)
- Peaceful Dove (16)
- Pilbara Peaceful Dove (16)
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 Fortescue:
- Mardie (39.2 km)
- Pannawonica (43.9 km)
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