Rothsay WA 6620
2 addresses · 2 streets
Durack Electorate › Perenjori LGA › Rothsay · 308 km from Perth
Living Here
Rothsay is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 197 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, English, Australian.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Morawa statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rothsay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 2.1% 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 | 2.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1% · Labour-force participation 52.6%
Population by age in Rothsay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 47 |
| 35-44 | 35 |
| 45-54 | 40 |
| 55-64 | 43 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Rothsay
| Ancestry NS | 92 |
|---|---|
| English | 41 |
| Australian | 24 |
| Other | 16 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Chinese | 10 |
Commute to work in Rothsay
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 28 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Rothsay
| New Zealand | 16 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 |
| China | 4 |
| Philippines | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 |
Languages used at home in Rothsay
| Mandarin | 10 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
211 bird observations recorded near Rothsay — most often seen:
- Port Lincoln Parrot (13)
- Red-capped Robin (12)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (12)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (10)
- Southern Crested Bellbird (10)
- South-west Southern Whiteface (9)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (9)
- Western Australian Raven (9)
- Western Galah (9)
- Southern Whiteface (8)
- Inland Singing Honeyeater (7)
- South-western Australian Magpie (7)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rothsay
- Southern Willie Wagtail (6)
- Western Crested Pigeon (6)
- Western Pied Butcherbird (6)
- Western Striated Pardalote (6)
- Western Welcome Swallow (6)
- Brown Falcon (5)
- Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (5)
- Inland Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (5)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (5)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Mulga Parrot (5)
- Pallid Cuckoo (5)
- Southern Magpie-lark (5)
- Southern Weebill (5)
- Southern White-browed Babbler (5)
- Zebra Finch (5)
- Cockatiel (4)
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 Rothsay:
- Perenjori (42.9 km)
- Bunjil (47.5 km)
- Bowgada (48.9 km)
- Koolanooka (55.3 km)
- Latham (57.7 km)
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Streets
- Lochada Road (1)
- Wanarra East Road (1)
