Irishtown WA 6401
49 addresses · 9 streets
Durack Electorate › Northam LGA › Irishtown · 85 km from Perth
Living Here
Irishtown is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 98 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,100 a week, with median rent near $235 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Northam statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Irishtown itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Northam, 7.1 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: 4.4% 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 | 4.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 64.2%
Population by age in Irishtown
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 20 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Irishtown
| House | 31 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Irishtown
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Irishtown
| English | 46 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 37 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Italian | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
Housing tenure in Irishtown
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Irishtown
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Irishtown
| Car | 25 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Irishtown
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 |
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
774 bird observations recorded near Irishtown — most often seen:
- Short-billed Black-cockatoo (61)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (55)
- Western Australian Raven (54)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (44)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (40)
- Western Crested Pigeon (36)
- South-western Australian Magpie (35)
- Western Galah (28)
- Common Sandpiper (27)
- Southern Magpie-lark (27)
- Mainland Tree Martin (26)
- Grey Teal (23)
- South-western Australian Pipit (23)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Irishtown
- South-western Grey Fantail (23)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (23)
- Nankeen Kestrel (21)
- Western Striated Pardalote (21)
- South-western Yellow-throated Miner (20)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (19)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (18)
- Australian Wood Duck (17)
- White-faced Heron (17)
- South-western Black-faced Woodswallow (16)
- Southern Boobook (16)
- Long-billed Black-cockatoo (15)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (15)
- Common Bronzewing (14)
- Western Welcome Swallow (14)
- Blue-billed Duck (13)
- Western Red Wattlebird (13)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Beering Road (14)
- Dumbarton Road (7)
- Frenches Road (2)
- Haddrill Road (2)
- Hampton Road (1)
- Irishtown Road (11)
- Katrine Road (2)
- Morgan Road (3)
- Northam-pithara Road (7)
