Ruabon WA 6280
42 addresses · 11 streets
Forrest Electorate › Busselton LGA › Ruabon · 192 km from Perth
Living Here
Ruabon is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 82 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $2,125 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Busselton Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ruabon itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 6.3% 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 | 6.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 15.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 76.1%
Population by age in Ruabon
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ruabon
| House | 25 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ruabon
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Ruabon
| English | 38 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 37 |
| Irish | 11 |
| German | 5 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Other | 5 |
Housing tenure in Ruabon
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Ruabon
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Ruabon
| Car | 34 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Languages used at home in Ruabon
| French | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
449 bird observations recorded near Ruabon — most often seen:
- South-western Australian Magpie (36)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (29)
- Australian Raven (25)
- Western Australian Raven (23)
- South-western Grey Fantail (22)
- Whistling Kite (22)
- Australian Magpie (19)
- Australian Ringneck (18)
- Grey Fantail (16)
- Western Gerygone (15)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (14)
- Laughing Kookaburra (14)
- Red Wattlebird (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ruabon
- Western Red Wattlebird (14)
- Australian Shelduck (13)
- South-west Western Gerygone (13)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (12)
- Splendid Fairy-wren (12)
- Red-capped Parrot (11)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (11)
- Western Splendid Fairy-wren (11)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (10)
- Silvereye (10)
- Southern Inland Thornbill (10)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (10)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (9)
- Brown Honeyeater (9)
- Grey Butcherbird (9)
- Masked Owl (9)
- Red-rumped Tit (9)
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 Ruabon:
- Abba River (3.6 km)
- Ludlow (5 km)
- Tutunup (6.8 km)
- Wonnerup (7.2 km)
- Reinscourt (7.7 km)
- Hithergreen (7.8 km)
- Yoongarillup (8.8 km)
- Forrest Beach (9.3 km)
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Streets
- Bussell Highway (2)
- Downs Road (1)
- Gulberti Road (2)
- Layman Road (1)
- Ludlow-hithergreen Road (9)
- Lyle Road (4)
- Ruabon Road (15)
- Teale Road (1)
- Tutunup Road (2)
- Williams Road (1)
- Wonnerup South Road (4)
