Gnarabup WA 6285
414 addresses · 10 streets
Forrest Electorate › Augusta Margaret River LGA › Gnarabup · 241 km from Perth
Living Here
Gnarabup is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 525 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,137 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Margaret River statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gnarabup itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 cafés & restaurants
2 beaches
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Margaret River Aerodrome, 11.7 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: 26.2% 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 | 26.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 69.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.3% · Labour-force participation 72.1%
Population by age in Gnarabup
| 0-4 | 18 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 86 |
| 15-19 | 34 |
| 20-24 | 16 |
| 25-34 | 55 |
| 35-44 | 71 |
| 45-54 | 121 |
| 55-64 | 73 |
| 65-74 | 46 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Gnarabup
| House | 149 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 17 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gnarabup
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 53 |
| $3,000+ | 46 |
Top ancestries in Gnarabup
| English | 244 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 164 |
| Irish | 71 |
| Ancestry NS | 66 |
| Scottish | 61 |
| Other | 39 |
Housing tenure in Gnarabup
| Owned | 50 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 69 |
| Rented | 38 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Gnarabup
| 0 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 39 |
| 2 | 82 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Gnarabup
| Car | 203 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 40 |
Top countries of birth in Gnarabup
| England | 26 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 13 |
| Scotland | 7 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| United States | 5 |
| Canada | 4 |
Languages used at home in Gnarabup
| Spanish | 13 |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | 9 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Russian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,091 bird observations recorded near Gnarabup — most often seen:
- Silver Gull (292)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (170)
- Welcome Swallow (158)
- New Holland Honeyeater (148)
- Silvereye (148)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (140)
- Pacific Gull (140)
- Australian Raven (124)
- Australian Magpie (107)
- Crested Tern (105)
- Pied Cormorant (104)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (94)
- Galah (93)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gnarabup
- Sooty Oystercatcher (93)
- Little Pied Cormorant (89)
- South-western Australian Magpie (88)
- Splendid Fairy-wren (83)
- Common Bronzewing (78)
- Southern Emu-wren (78)
- Willie Wagtail (78)
- Australian Ringneck (73)
- White-faced Heron (72)
- Red-winged Fairy-wren (71)
- Red Wattlebird (70)
- Red-capped Plover (69)
- Pacific Black Duck (68)
- Hooded Plover (66)
- Western Australian Raven (66)
- Nankeen Kestrel (64)
- South-western Grey Fantail (62)
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 Gnarabup:
- Prevelly (1.2 km)
- Redgate (4.3 km)
- Burnside (7.1 km)
- Margaret River (7.9 km)
- Witchcliffe (9.9 km)
- Yebble (10 km)
- Boranup (13.5 km)
- Forest Grove (13.9 km)
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Streets
- Bandicoot Close (10)
- Baudin Drive (52)
- Chuditch Place (26)
- Freycinet Way (38)
- Grunters Way (51)
- Laurina Place (3)
- Lesueur Place (12)
- Marmaduke Point Drive (82)
- Resort Place (65)
- Riedle Drive (75)
