Hester Brook WA 6255
67 addresses · 17 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Bridgetown-Greenbushes LGA › Hester Brook · 221 km from Perth
Living Here
Hester Brook is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 127 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,899 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Bridgetown - Boyup Brook statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hester Brook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 hospital
1 library
2 hardware stores
3 mechanics
1 plumber
Getting around. Airport: Manjimup Airport, 37.5 km south.
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: 34.4% 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 | 34.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 52.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 71.6%
Population by age in Hester Brook
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 31 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 20 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Hester Brook
| House | 43 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hester Brook
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Hester Brook
| Australian | 59 |
|---|---|
| English | 56 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Other | 8 |
Housing tenure in Hester Brook
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 20 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hester Brook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Hester Brook
| Car | 31 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Hester Brook
| New Zealand | 9 |
|---|---|
| England | 6 |
| South Africa | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
786 bird observations recorded near Hester Brook — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (54)
- Australian Ringneck (47)
- New Holland Honeyeater (46)
- Grey Fantail (39)
- Red-capped Parrot (35)
- Common Bronzewing (34)
- Silvereye (31)
- Forest Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (29)
- Splendid Fairy-wren (29)
- Western Rosella (29)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (27)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (25)
- Pacific Black Duck (23)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hester Brook
- Scarlet Robin (23)
- Gilbert's Honeyeater (22)
- Laughing Kookaburra (22)
- Willie Wagtail (22)
- Magpie-lark (21)
- Australian Raven (20)
- Australian Wood Duck (20)
- Eurasian Coot (20)
- South-western Australian Magpie (20)
- Tree Martin (20)
- Western Gerygone (20)
- White-faced Heron (20)
- Golden Whistler (19)
- Dusky Woodswallow (18)
- Galah (17)
- Red-eared Firetail (17)
- Red-winged Fairy-wren (17)
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 Hester Brook:
- Bridgetown (4.7 km)
- Hester (6.2 km)
- Maranup (6.5 km)
- Kangaroo Gully (8.5 km)
- Glenlynn (9.6 km)
- Greenbushes (9.8 km)
- Catterick (9.9 km)
- Wandillup (10.8 km)
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Streets
- Bill Baldock Drive (2)
- Blackwood Park Road (8)
- Cooyarup Road (3)
- Crowd Wheatley Road (4)
- Fletcher Road (2)
- Flintoff Road (8)
- Halls Road (2)
- Hester Cascades Road (2)
- Hester Hall Road (3)
- Hester Road (1)
- Klause Road (3)
- Peninsula Road (3)
- South Western Highway (8)
- Trott Road (6)
- Wagebadenup Ridge (1)
- Walter Willis Road (6)
- Warburtons Road (5)
