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Salmon Gums WA 6445

136 addresses · 28 streets

O'Connor Electorate › Esperance LGA › Salmon Gums · 556 km from Perth

Living Here

Salmon Gums is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 146 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $104 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

146Population
48Median age
$900Median household income / wk
$104Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Esperance Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Salmon Gums itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 8/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 15.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Salmon Gums

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

Tree cover measures, Salmon Gums WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202015.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202123.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 73.9%

Population by age in Salmon Gums
Population by age, Salmon Gums WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-47
5-1425
15-196
20-240
25-3410
35-4414
45-5431
55-6425
65-7420
75-849
85+0
Dwelling types in Salmon Gums
Dwelling types, Salmon Gums WA (ABS Census 2021)
House52
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Salmon Gums
Households by weekly income, Salmon Gums WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65012
$650-1,49915
$1,500-2,99912
$3,000+8
Top ancestries in Salmon Gums
Top ancestries, Salmon Gums WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian66
English64
Scottish28
Irish19
Italian16
Ancestry NS9
Housing tenure in Salmon Gums
Housing tenure, Salmon Gums WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned29
Mortgage3
Rented6
Other13
Cars per household in Salmon Gums
Cars per household, Salmon Gums WA (ABS Census 2021)
04
15
217
313
4+6
Commute to work in Salmon Gums
Commute to work, Salmon Gums WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car23
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked12
Bicycle3
Home24
Top countries of birth in Salmon Gums
Top countries of birth, Salmon Gums WA (ABS Census 2021)
England8
Germany3
Italy3
Languages used at home in Salmon Gums
Languages used at home, Salmon Gums WA (ABS Census 2021)
Italian6
German3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

273 bird observations recorded near Salmon Gums — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Salmon Gums

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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