Rangeway WA 6530
1,112 addresses · 53 streets
Durack Electorate › Greater Geraldton LGA › Rangeway · 371 km from Perth
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Living Here
Rangeway is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 1,871 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $921 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 37% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Geraldton - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rangeway itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
6 supermarkets
2 beaches
1 Catholic church
2 optometrists
1 vet
2 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
1 post office
3 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
1 bakery
1 butcher
2 hardware stores
2 hairdressers
1 electrician
Getting around. Bus interchange: Transwa Geraldton, 2.4 km north-west · Airport: Geraldton Airport, 7 km 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: 8.6% 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 | 8.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 20.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 14.2% · Labour-force participation 43.5%
Population by age in Rangeway
| 0-4 | 127 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 289 |
| 15-19 | 142 |
| 20-24 | 123 |
| 25-34 | 233 |
| 35-44 | 228 |
| 45-54 | 207 |
| 55-64 | 250 |
| 65-74 | 159 |
| 75-84 | 103 |
| 85+ | 13 |
Dwelling types in Rangeway
| House | 566 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 66 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Rangeway
| <$650 | 178 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 229 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 126 |
| $3,000+ | 40 |
Top ancestries in Rangeway
| Australian | 652 |
|---|---|
| English | 564 |
| Aboriginal | 396 |
| Ancestry NS | 343 |
| Irish | 111 |
| Scottish | 102 |
Housing tenure in Rangeway
| Owned | 179 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 196 |
| Rented | 229 |
| Other | 13 |
Cars per household in Rangeway
| 0 | 62 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 280 |
| 2 | 181 |
| 3 | 66 |
| 4+ | 28 |
Commute to work in Rangeway
| Car | 414 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 12 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 8 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Rangeway
| England | 49 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 30 |
| Philippines | 24 |
| Italy | 9 |
| Malaysia | 8 |
| Indonesia | 7 |
Languages used at home in Rangeway
| Tagalog | 20 |
|---|---|
| Australian Indigenous | 16 |
| Italian | 11 |
| Mandarin | 8 |
| Afrikaans | 3 |
| Urdu | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,856 bird observations recorded near Rangeway — most often seen:
- Rock Dove (300)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (290)
- Silver Gull (229)
- Magpie-lark (206)
- Willie Wagtail (178)
- Southern Magpie-lark (160)
- Pacific Gull (159)
- Giinbaywarraymal (150)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (143)
- Western Australian Raven (139)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (133)
- Ruddy Turnstone (127)
- Welcome Swallow (127)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rangeway
- Western White-plumed Honeyeater (125)
- Singing Honeyeater (122)
- Crested Tern (121)
- Pied Cormorant (115)
- Nankeen Kestrel (111)
- Australian Raven (98)
- Western Red Wattlebird (95)
- Red-necked Stint (81)
- Crested Pigeon (80)
- Red-capped Plover (80)
- Western Welcome Swallow (79)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (77)
- Sanderling (72)
- Western Galah (67)
- Galah (66)
- Osprey (64)
- Eastern Osprey (62)
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 Rangeway:
- Karloo (1.2 km)
- Utakarra (1.5 km)
- Mount Tarcoola (1.7 km)
- Mahomets Flats (1.8 km)
- Geraldton (1.9 km)
- Wonthella (2.3 km)
- Beachlands (2.7 km)
- Tarcoola Beach (2.8 km)
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Streets
- Abelia Street (60)
- Assen Street (18)
- Baldwin Place (19)
- Banksia Street (22)
- Betula Street (6)
- Birch Street (6)
- Blencowe Road (34)
- Carter Street (33)
- Cassia Street (28)
- Challener Street (12)
- Compton Street (21)
- Connolly Street (6)
- Crabbe Street (10)
- Curlewis Street (3)
- Cypress Street (25)
- Dhu Street (7)
- Digby Street (7)
- Diosma Street (40)
- Eastward Road (27)
- Eddington Close (13)
- Erica Street (4)
- Felicia Street (49)
- Fern Street (4)
- Hale Street (32)
- Hardman Road (78)
- Hebe Street (6)
- Highbury Street (2)
- Hovea Street (7)
- Howes Street (14)
- Ilex Place (5)
- Jade Place (6)
- Keating Street (7)
- Kenny Crescent (77)
- Lantana Street (14)
- Levy Street (7)
- Marri Court (12)
- Melia Street (6)
- Mellows Place (17)
- Oleander Crescent (15)
- Petchell Street (37)
- Rifle Range Road (75)
- Ritchie Way (15)
- Scott Road (49)
- Sherlock Way (29)
- Tamar Street (11)
- Tuart Street (45)
- Ulmus Street (7)
- Utakarra Road (43)
- Walshe Street (2)
- Wandoo Street (13)
- Ward Street (4)
- Weeks Court (11)
- Zamia Street (12)
