King River WA 6330

Living Here

King River is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 278 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,768 a week, with median rent near $273 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the McKail - Willyung statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: King River itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Flinders Park Primary School
• 2 parks

  • Oval
  • Oval/Parade ground
• 1 Catholic church

  • Shrine of St Joseph
• 2 hospitals

  • Albany Regional Hospital
  • Albany Community Hospice
• 1 post office

  • Lower King LPO
• 2 service stations

  • Bakers Food and Fuel
  • Shell
• 2 golf clubs

  • Riverview Golf Club
  • Albany Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 3 places to stay

  • King River Palms
  • Happy Days
  • Coraki Holiday Cottages

Getting around. Airport: Albany Regional Airport, 8.4 km west.

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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: 20% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 7.7% · Labour-force participation 66.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

24,351 bird observations recorded near King River — most often seen:

• South-western New Holland Honeyeater (1,280)
• South-western Grey Fantail (1,259)
• Red-capped Parrot (1,208)
• Common Bronzewing (1,193)
• South-western Australian Magpie (1,174)
• Western Red Wattlebird (1,129)
• South-west Western Rosella (975)
• Western Australian Raven (946)
• Twenty-eight Parrot (862)
• South Australian Golden Whistler (846)
• South-west Western Gerygone (846)
• South-western Spotted Scrubwren (830)
• Australian White Ibis (829)

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 King River:

• Willyung (2.6 km)
• Millbrook (3.3 km)
• Lower King (3.5 km)
• Walmsley (4.2 km)
• Bayonet Head (4.4 km)
• Lange (5.5 km)
• Warrenup (5.9 km)
• Milpara (6.2 km)

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