Horrocks WA 6535
244 addresses · 8 streets
Durack Electorate › Northampton LGA › Horrocks · 420 km from Perth
Living Here
Horrocks is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 161 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,525 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% 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 Northampton - Mullewa - Greenough statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Horrocks itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Geraldton Airport, 53.2 km south-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: 6% 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 | 6.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 45.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 53.1%
Population by age in Horrocks
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 29 |
| 65-74 | 29 |
| 75-84 | 24 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Horrocks
| House | 56 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 4 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Horrocks
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Horrocks
| English | 83 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 67 |
| Irish | 22 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Other | 5 |
Housing tenure in Horrocks
| Owned | 41 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Horrocks
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Horrocks
| Car | 40 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Horrocks
| New Zealand | 13 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
492 bird observations recorded near Horrocks — most often seen:
- Laughing Turtle-dove (38)
- Red-capped Plover (38)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (22)
- Giinbaywarraymal (21)
- Pied Cormorant (21)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (19)
- Eastern Osprey (18)
- Silver Gull (18)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (18)
- Willie Wagtail (18)
- Nankeen Kestrel (17)
- Western White-plumed Honeyeater (16)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (16)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Horrocks
- Red-kneed Dotterel (15)
- Western Welcome Swallow (15)
- Australian Pelican (13)
- Pacific Black Duck (13)
- Singing Honeyeater (13)
- Southern Magpie-lark (13)
- Tree Martin (13)
- Welcome Swallow (13)
- Eurasian Coot (12)
- Little Black Cormorant (12)
- Mainland Tree Martin (12)
- Pacific Gull (12)
- Western Australian Raven (12)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (12)
- Banded Stilt (11)
- Black Swan (11)
- Great Egret (10)
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 Horrocks:
- Sandy Gully (10.1 km)
- Northampton (20 km)
- Bowes (20.3 km)
- Isseka (22.2 km)
- Alma (22.3 km)
- East Bowes (26.3 km)
- Howatharra (27.5 km)
- Gregory (27.9 km)
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Streets
- Glance Cove (10)
- Glance Street (99)
- Horan Way (11)
- Horrocks Road (4)
- Killy Street (5)
- Mitchell Street (76)
- North Court (9)
- Stokes Street (30)
