Prevelly WA 6285
173 addresses · 8 streets
Forrest Electorate › Augusta Margaret River LGA › Prevelly · 240 km from Perth
Living Here
Prevelly is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 205 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,550 a week, with median rent near $423 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 34% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Margaret River statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Prevelly itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 cafés & restaurants
3 beaches
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Margaret River Aerodrome, 11.3 km north-east.
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: 53.2% 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 | 53.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 71.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 60.9%
Population by age in Prevelly
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 26 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 31 |
| 55-64 | 41 |
| 65-74 | 47 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Prevelly
| House | 63 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Prevelly
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Prevelly
| English | 85 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 68 |
| Scottish | 33 |
| Irish | 31 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Other | 14 |
Housing tenure in Prevelly
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 15 |
| Rented | 23 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Prevelly
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 35 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Prevelly
| Car | 58 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Prevelly
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Japan | 3 |
Languages used at home in Prevelly
| German | 4 |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,865 bird observations recorded near Prevelly — most often seen:
- Silver Gull (261)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (162)
- New Holland Honeyeater (154)
- Silvereye (151)
- Welcome Swallow (148)
- Australian Raven (123)
- Pacific Gull (118)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (116)
- Australian Magpie (109)
- Crested Tern (105)
- Galah (103)
- Splendid Fairy-wren (93)
- Red Wattlebird (87)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Prevelly
- Willie Wagtail (87)
- Pied Cormorant (85)
- Little Pied Cormorant (82)
- Australian Ringneck (78)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (76)
- Pacific Black Duck (73)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (70)
- Southern Emu-wren (65)
- Red-winged Fairy-wren (62)
- Nankeen Kestrel (61)
- South-western Australian Magpie (61)
- White-faced Heron (58)
- Laughing Kookaburra (56)
- Sanderling (56)
- Australasian Gannet (55)
- Grey Fantail (55)
- Red-capped Plover (55)
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 Prevelly:
- Gnarabup (1.2 km)
- Redgate (5.4 km)
- Burnside (6.2 km)
- Margaret River (7.7 km)
- Yebble (8.8 km)
- Witchcliffe (10.6 km)
- Gracetown (13 km)
- Bramley (14.6 km)
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Streets
- Chapel Place (7)
- Georgette Way (47)
- Lake View Crescent (24)
- Mitchell Drive (28)
- Narda Avenue (12)
- Papadakis Avenue (19)
- Vattos Way (10)
- Wooredah Crescent (26)
