Malabaine WA 6401
35 addresses · 9 streets
Durack Electorate › Northam LGA › Malabaine · 91 km from Perth
Living Here
Malabaine is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 51 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $228 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged 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: Malabaine itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 service station
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Northam, 7.4 km south-west.
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: 2.3% 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 | 2.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Malabaine
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Malabaine
| House | 18 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Malabaine
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Malabaine
| English | 18 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 17 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| Polish | 4 |
Housing tenure in Malabaine
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Malabaine
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Malabaine
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Malabaine
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
802 bird observations recorded near Malabaine — most often seen:
- Twenty-eight Parrot (60)
- South-western Australian Magpie (53)
- Western Australian Raven (43)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (40)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (40)
- Western Galah (36)
- Nankeen Kestrel (33)
- Southern Magpie-lark (33)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (30)
- Black-shouldered Kite (29)
- Southern Weebill (29)
- Western Crested Pigeon (29)
- South-western Yellow-throated Miner (28)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Malabaine
- South-western Australian Pipit (27)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (26)
- Western Pied Butcherbird (25)
- Western Striated Pardalote (25)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (24)
- Grey Teal (22)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (18)
- Mainland Tree Martin (18)
- Western Red Wattlebird (17)
- Pacific Black Duck (16)
- Rufous Songlark (16)
- South-western Black-faced Woodswallow (16)
- Australian Wood Duck (15)
- Mainland Wedge-tailed Eagle (15)
- Western Welcome Swallow (15)
- Australasian Grebe (12)
- Australian Ringneck (12)
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 Malabaine:
- Grass Valley (6 km)
- Muluckine (7 km)
- Jennapullin (8 km)
- Northam (8.2 km)
- Irishtown (8.9 km)
- Southern Brook (8.9 km)
- Muresk (12.6 km)
- Throssell (13.6 km)
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Streets
- Clydesdale Road (4)
- Great Eastern Highway (2)
- Hitchcock Road (9)
- Jennapullin Road (3)
- Malabaine Road (7)
- Martin Road (1)
- Northam-pithara Road (3)
- Southern Brook Road (4)
- Yilgarn Avenue (2)
