Paynedale WA 6239
35 addresses · 8 streets
Forrest Electorate › Donnybrook-Balingup LGA › Paynedale · 188 km from Perth
Living Here
Paynedale is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 60 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,875 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, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Donnybrook - Balingup statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Paynedale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Bunbury Airport, 30.3 km north.
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: 76.9% 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 | 76.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 88.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 70.5%
Population by age in Paynedale
| 0-4 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Paynedale
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Paynedale
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Paynedale
| English | 31 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 25 |
| Italian | 11 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Other | 4 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Paynedale
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Paynedale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Paynedale
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Paynedale
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,730 bird observations recorded near Paynedale — most often seen:
- Western Spinebill (464)
- South-western Grey Fantail (428)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (351)
- Southern Inland Thornbill (317)
- Red-capped Parrot (270)
- Western Striated Pardalote (244)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (236)
- South-west Western Gerygone (215)
- Red-winged Fairy-wren (203)
- Western Silvereye (168)
- South-western New Holland Honeyeater (161)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (150)
- Gilbert's Honeyeater (139)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Paynedale
- Western Australian Raven (139)
- South-western Scarlet Robin (129)
- South-west Western Rosella (123)
- Mainland Tree Martin (96)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (82)
- White-breasted Robin (82)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (77)
- South-western Dusky Woodswallow (75)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (72)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (72)
- Western Thornbill (69)
- Southern Weebill (68)
- Western Red Wattlebird (67)
- South-western Australian Magpie (63)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (62)
- New Zealand Shining Bronze-cuckoo (57)
- Black-capped Sittella (51)
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 Paynedale:
- Upper Capel (5.5 km)
- Donnybrook (9.5 km)
- Capel River (10 km)
- Newlands (10.9 km)
- Argyle (11.1 km)
- Brookhampton (11.8 km)
- Beelerup (12.7 km)
- The Plains (12.8 km)
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Streets
- Byron Road (2)
- Camp Gully Road (1)
- Farley Road (8)
- Frammartino Road (1)
- Gavins Road (1)
- Goodwood Road (17)
- Vernon Road (3)
- William Road (2)
