Hopetoun WA 6348
1,226 addresses · 76 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Ravensthorpe LGA › Hopetoun · 455 km from Perth
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Living Here
Hopetoun is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 1,115 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,542 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 51% of households own their home and 30% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Esperance Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hopetoun itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 library
1 post office
2 service stations
1 gym
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 hairdresser
Getting around. Airport: Ravensthorpe Airport, 16.4 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: 2.7% 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 | 2.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 43.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 52.8%
Population by age in Hopetoun
| 0-4 | 95 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 113 |
| 15-19 | 19 |
| 20-24 | 30 |
| 25-34 | 146 |
| 35-44 | 134 |
| 45-54 | 140 |
| 55-64 | 172 |
| 65-74 | 153 |
| 75-84 | 84 |
| 85+ | 16 |
Dwelling types in Hopetoun
| House | 435 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 5 |
| Apartment | 13 |
| Other | 15 |
Households by weekly income in Hopetoun
| <$650 | 104 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 105 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 132 |
| $3,000+ | 82 |
Top ancestries in Hopetoun
| English | 499 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 406 |
| Irish | 117 |
| Ancestry NS | 112 |
| Scottish | 101 |
| Other | 88 |
Housing tenure in Hopetoun
| Owned | 164 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 63 |
| Rented | 133 |
| Other | 88 |
Cars per household in Hopetoun
| 0 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 203 |
| 2 | 165 |
| 3 | 38 |
| 4+ | 27 |
Commute to work in Hopetoun
| Car | 254 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 60 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 24 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 24 |
Top countries of birth in Hopetoun
| England | 59 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 41 |
| New Zealand | 31 |
| Philippines | 17 |
| Thailand | 7 |
| Canada | 6 |
Languages used at home in Hopetoun
| Afrikaans | 11 |
|---|---|
| French | 6 |
| German | 4 |
| Korean | 4 |
| Indonesian | 4 |
| Arabic | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,784 bird observations recorded near Hopetoun — most often seen:
- New Holland Honeyeater (138)
- Western Wattlebird (109)
- Silver Gull (101)
- Welcome Swallow (100)
- Willie Wagtail (98)
- Silvereye (87)
- Pied Cormorant (81)
- Red Wattlebird (79)
- Short-billed Black-cockatoo (70)
- Little Pied Cormorant (60)
- Australian Raven (59)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (54)
- Crested Tern (54)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hopetoun
- Gilbert's Honeyeater (54)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (52)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (48)
- Grey Currawong (47)
- Pacific Gull (47)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (45)
- Common Sandpiper (39)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (39)
- South-western New Holland Honeyeater (39)
- Brown Honeyeater (38)
- Western Silvereye (37)
- Common Bronzewing (36)
- Galah (35)
- Golden Whistler (35)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (35)
- Giinbaywarraymal (34)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (34)
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 Hopetoun:
- Jerdacuttup (29.6 km)
- Ravensthorpe (41.6 km)
- West River (61.5 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Drive (11)
- Banksia Road (33)
- Barnett Street (25)
- Barrens View (34)
- Beach Place (1)
- Beacon Drive (1)
- Birdwood Street (46)
- Blue Vista (14)
- Boronia Street (11)
- Buckie Street (16)
- Caladenia Place (9)
- Cambewarra Drive (74)
- Canning Boulevard (48)
- Carnaby Close (4)
- Chambers Street (37)
- Chapman Street (5)
- Chittick Street (9)
- Clarke Street (2)
- Croydon Street (14)
- Culham Street (16)
- Daniels Road (4)
- Daviesia Drive (8)
- Dawn Street (12)
- Dillwynia Way (8)
- Dotterel Drive (9)
- Douglas Street (16)
- Esplanade (28)
- Eucla Way (4)
- Flinders Street (24)
- Forrest Way (7)
- France Street (61)
- Gibson Way (28)
- Godenia Way (4)
- Gordon Street (14)
- Hakea Street (2)
- Hamersley Drive (7)
- Hopetoun-ravensthorpe Road (97)
- Iris Way (1)
- Jerdacuttup Road (4)
- John Forrest Road (8)
- Jones Road (5)
- Keplar Street (22)
- Kybra Crescent (1)
- Laurina Road (1)
- Leata Street (11)
- Lechenaultia Drive (4)
- Long Pool Road (10)
- Maitland Street (54)
- Marr Road (1)
- Maxwell Way (10)
- Moort Place (6)
- Myee Way (1)
- Orchid Road (15)
- Pardalote Parade (4)
- Phillips River Road (1)
- Phillips Street (1)
- Platypus Road (16)
- Price Street (12)
- Raglan Street (38)
- Reynolds Street (16)
- Rob Roy Avenue (2)
- Rosea Way (5)
- Scott Street (1)
- Seaview Way (20)
- Springdale Road (7)
- Steeredale Road (10)
- Sydney Street (2)
- Tamar Street (38)
- Templetonia Drive (22)
- Una Way (1)
- Veal Street (42)
- Verrucosa Parade (11)
- West Bank Close (5)
- West Street (14)
- Whale Bay Drive (29)
- Wilkinson Street (32)
