Ongerup WA 6336
109 addresses · 12 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Gnowangerup LGA › Ongerup · 332 km from Perth
Living Here
Ongerup is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 114 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,194 a week, with median rent near $130 a week. Most homes are houses. About 50% of households own their home and 34% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Gnowangerup statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ongerup itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 supermarket
1 service station
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: 20.8% 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 | 20.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 45.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 55.7%
Population by age in Ongerup
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 28 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ongerup
| House | 43 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ongerup
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Ongerup
| English | 52 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 38 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Maori | 9 |
| Scottish | 8 |
Housing tenure in Ongerup
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 15 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Ongerup
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Ongerup
| Car | 33 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Ongerup
| New Zealand | 9 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
572 bird observations recorded near Ongerup — most often seen:
- Purple-gaped Honeyeater (33)
- Red Wattlebird (32)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (32)
- Australian Raven (28)
- Australian Ringneck (28)
- South-western Australian Magpie (28)
- South-western Yellow-throated Miner (28)
- Australian Magpie (24)
- Galah (24)
- Yellow-throated Miner (24)
- Western Australian Raven (22)
- Western Galah (21)
- Grey Currawong (20)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ongerup
- Southern Magpie-lark (19)
- New Holland Honeyeater (17)
- South-western Grey Currawong (17)
- Regent Parrot (16)
- Western Crested Pigeon (15)
- Western Red Wattlebird (15)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (14)
- Red-capped Parrot (14)
- Western Striated Pardalote (14)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (12)
- Tree Martin (12)
- Grey Butcherbird (11)
- Striated Pardalote (11)
- Welcome Swallow (11)
- Willie Wagtail (11)
- Magpie-lark (10)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (9)
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 Ongerup:
- Toompup (12.3 km)
- Mindarabin (13.7 km)
- Mills Lake (14.5 km)
- Cowalellup (15.7 km)
- Borden (23.9 km)
- Nalyerlup (24.6 km)
- Needilup (25 km)
- Kebaringup (30 km)
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Streets
- Boxwood Hill-ongerup Road (2)
- Buncle Street (1)
- Carpenter Street (12)
- Eldridge Street (21)
- Gnowangerup-jerramungup Road (4)
- Jaekel Street (9)
- John Street (1)
- Lamont Street (33)
- Stone Street (5)
- Vaux Street (16)
- Walker Street (2)
- West Street (3)
