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Pegs Creek WA 6714

1,358 addresses · 43 streets

Durack Electorate › Karratha LGA › Pegs Creek · 1251 km from Perth

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Living Here

Pegs Creek is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 2,050 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $2,420 a week, with median rent near $367 a week. Most homes are houses. About 37% of households own their home and 58% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

2,050Population
33Median age
$2,420Median household income / wk
$367Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Karratha statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pegs Creek itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Karratha Airport, 7.2 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 0.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Pegs Creek

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Pegs Creek WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20200.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20210.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 70.6%

Population by age in Pegs Creek
Population by age, Pegs Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4129
5-14288
15-19112
20-24119
25-34442
35-44347
45-54320
55-64210
65-7478
75-8415
85+7
Dwelling types in Pegs Creek
Dwelling types, Pegs Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
House419
Townhouse143
Apartment143
Other0
Households by weekly income in Pegs Creek
Households by weekly income, Pegs Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65045
$650-1,49977
$1,500-2,999272
$3,000+253
Top ancestries in Pegs Creek
Top ancestries, Pegs Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
English565
Australian536
Ancestry NS396
Other233
Aboriginal194
Scottish156
Housing tenure in Pegs Creek
Housing tenure, Pegs Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned54
Mortgage203
Rented409
Other36
Cars per household in Pegs Creek
Cars per household, Pegs Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
032
1270
2258
391
4+41
Commute to work in Pegs Creek
Commute to work, Pegs Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car858
Train0
Bus13
Tram/ferry0
Walked68
Bicycle7
Home24
Top countries of birth in Pegs Creek
Top countries of birth, Pegs Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand134
Philippines84
England47
India39
Thailand29
Nepal18
Languages used at home in Pegs Creek
Languages used at home, Pegs Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
Filipino41
Tagalog40
Thai32
Punjabi25
Australian Indigenous23
Mandarin21

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,980 bird observations recorded near Pegs Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Pegs Creek

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.