Korbel WA 6415
36 addresses · 16 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Merredin LGA › Korbel · 217 km from Perth
Living Here
Korbel is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 59 people, with a median age of 66. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $203 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 Merredin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Korbel itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
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: 0.6% 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 | 0.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Korbel
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Korbel
| House | 25 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Korbel
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Korbel
| Australian | 26 |
|---|---|
| English | 25 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| French | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Korbel
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Korbel
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Korbel
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Korbel
| Netherlands | 4 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Languages used at home in Korbel
| French | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
33 bird observations recorded near Korbel — most often seen:
- Port Lincoln Parrot (2)
- South-western Australian Magpie (2)
- Western Striated Pardalote (2)
- Australian Raven (1)
- Australian Wood Duck (1)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (1)
- Crested Pigeon (1)
- Elegant Parrot (1)
- Eyre Peninsula Yellow Robin (1)
- Galah (1)
- Grey Teal (1)
- Little Corella (1)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Korbel
- Magpie-lark (1)
- Mainland Tree Martin (1)
- Nankeen Kestrel (1)
- Pied Butcherbird (1)
- Red-capped Robin (1)
- Regent Parrot (1)
- Rock Dove (1)
- Rufous Songlark (1)
- Singing Honeyeater (1)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (1)
- South-western White-browed Babbler (1)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (1)
- Southern Scrub-robin (1)
- Southern Weebill (1)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (1)
- Tree Martin (1)
- Western Australian Raven (1)
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 Korbel:
- Hines Hill (15.4 km)
- Nangeenan (15.5 km)
- Baandee (19.3 km)
- South Doodlakine (22 km)
- Bruce Rock (23.5 km)
- Merredin (23.5 km)
- Norpa (24.2 km)
- Doodlakine (28.8 km)
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Streets
- Baandee South Road (3)
- Barr Road (1)
- Bruce Rock-doodlakine Road (2)
- Bruce Rock-merredin Road (2)
- Coulahan Road (1)
- Endersbee Road (1)
- Flockart Road (3)
- Goodier Road (1)
- Hines Hill Road (7)
- Hines Hill-korbel Road (2)
- Korbel East Road (2)
- Korbelka Road (1)
- Korbrelkulling Road (3)
- Osborne Road (3)
- Teasdale Road (2)
- Totadgin Hall Road (2)
